OK, so we’re not back to the good old days of 1999 — or even 2006 — when it comes to demand for new public stock offerings.

But things are improving slightly, according to data compiled by ThomsonReuters.

Today, we saw seven initial public offerings listed on US exchanges, which doesn’t seem like a whole lot to cheer about but it marks the busiest day for IPOs since Nov. 8, 2007, when eight began trading.

At least IPO volume is higher than it was a year ago. So far in 2010, $6 billion from 38 deals have hit, four times last year’s volume, when just $1.3 billion had been generated from four deals, ThomsonReuters data show.