{"id":1183,"date":"2013-05-04T10:59:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markkirkwood.com\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2013-05-06T16:34:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T20:34:52","slug":"economic-outlooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/?p=1183","title":{"rendered":"Economic outlooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong>May 2013 |<\/strong>\u00a0Economic Outlooks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"GDP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/tool\/business\/T019-S000-kiplinger-s-economic-outlooks\/index.php#gdp\"><span style=\"color: #0065bd;\"><strong>GDP<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u2014\u00a01.75% growth in &#8217;13, a bit softer than last year<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0065bd;\"><strong><a title=\"Employment\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/tool\/business\/T019-S000-kiplinger-s-economic-outlooks\/index.php#employment\">Unemployment<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u2014\u00a0Hovering around 7.5% through year-end<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0065bd;\"><strong><a title=\"Interest Rates\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/tool\/business\/T019-S000-kiplinger-s-economic-outlooks\/index.php#ir\">Interest rates<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u2014\u00a0Little or no increase in short-term rates in &#8217;13<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Inflation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/tool\/business\/T019-S000-kiplinger-s-economic-outlooks\/index.php#inflation\"><span style=\"color: #0065bd;\"><strong>Inflation<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u2014\u00a0Slightly higher this year, 2%<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Business Spending\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/tool\/business\/T019-S000-kiplinger-s-economic-outlooks\/index.php#businessspending\"><span style=\"color: #0065bd;\">Business spending<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0About a 4% gain in &#8217;13, half of &#8217;12&#8217;s pace<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Energy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/tool\/business\/T019-S000-kiplinger-s-economic-outlooks\/index.php#energy\"><span style=\"color: #0065bd;\"><strong>Energy<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u2014\u00a0Oil trading at $90-$95\/barrel through Memorial Day<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Housing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/tool\/business\/T019-S000-kiplinger-s-economic-outlooks\/index.php#housing\"><span style=\"color: #0065bd;\">Housing sales<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014\u00a0Existing homes up 7.5% in &#8217;13, new ones more than 35%<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Retail\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/tool\/business\/T019-S000-kiplinger-s-economic-outlooks\/index.php#retail\"><span style=\"color: #0065bd;\"><strong>Retail sales<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u2014\u00a0About 4% growth in &#8217;13; consumer spending slowdown<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Trade\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/tool\/business\/T019-S000-kiplinger-s-economic-outlooks\/index.php#trade\"><span style=\"color: #0065bd;\"><strong>Trade deficit<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u2014\u00a0Widening by 2% in &#8217;13, after a slight dip in &#8217;12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"><a title=\"Economic Outlook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/tool\/business\/T019-S000-kiplinger-s-economic-outlooks\/index.php#IXAvccZCtp77WI3u.99\">Read more<\/a>\u00a0at Kiplinger<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 2013 |\u00a0Economic Outlooks GDP \u2014\u00a01.75% growth in &#8217;13, a bit softer than last year Unemployment\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Hovering around 7.5% through year-end Interest rates\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Little or no increase in short-term rates in &#8217;13 Inflation \u2014\u00a0Slightly higher this year, 2% Business spending\u00a0\u2014\u00a0About a 4% gain in &#8217;13, half of &#8217;12&#8217;s pace Energy \u2014\u00a0Oil trading at $90-$95\/barrel through Memorial Day 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