{"id":1397,"date":"2018-04-02T12:02:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T16:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markkirkwood.com\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2018-12-20T13:05:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T18:05:24","slug":"economic-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/?p=1397","title":{"rendered":"Economic Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Insights on the economy\u2019s next moves…<\/strong><\/p>\n

GDP:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a03.0% pace in ’18, up from 2.3% in ’17
\nJOBS:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Big job gains will continue, but reflect a strong economy
\nINTEREST RATES:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>10-year T-notes at 3.3% by end ’18
\nINFLATION:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>2.6% in ’18, up from 2.1% in ’17
\nBUSINESS SPENDING:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Up 7% in ’18, boosted by expanded tax breaks
\nENERGY:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Crude trading from $60 to $65 per barrel in June
\nHOUSING:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Price growth: 5.0% by end of ’18
\nRETAIL SALES:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Growing 4.7% in ’18 (excluding gas)
\nTRADE DEFICIT:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Widening 5%-6% in ’18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Insights on the economy\u2019s next moves… GDP:\u00a03.0% pace in ’18, up from 2.3% in ’17 JOBS:\u00a0Big job gains will continue, but reflect a strong economy INTEREST RATES:\u00a010-year T-notes at 3.3% by end ’18 INFLATION:\u00a02.6% in ’18, up from 2.1% in ’17 BUSINESS SPENDING:\u00a0Up 7% in ’18, boosted by expanded tax breaks ENERGY:\u00a0Crude trading from $60 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-1397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-forecasts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}