Forecasters attending the most recent Fourth District Economists’ Roundtable expect a stronger long-term growth path for the economy than experienced in past months, with brightened prospects for manufacturing following last year’s slowdown.
The consensus forecast among economists attending the most recent Fourth District Economists’ Roundtable calls for continuing slow growth well into 1990 followed by a more rapid growth in output by late this year.
While nearly everyone in attendance at a recent Fourth District Economists’ Roundtable agreed that the economy is in a cooling-off period that should last well into 1990, few predicted a recession.