{"id":22,"date":"2012-05-08T16:59:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T20:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2012-05-16T08:54:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T12:54:48","slug":"economic-forecasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.markkirkwood.com\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"Economic forecasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>May 4, 2012<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006633;\">\u2191\u00a0\u00a0 GDP growth<\/span><\/strong><\/span>: 2.3% this year, up from 1.7% in 2011<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006633;\">\u2191\u00a0 \u00a0Interest rates<\/span><\/strong><\/span>: 10-year Treasuries near 2.5% by year-end<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2193<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Inflation<\/span><\/strong><\/span>: 2% in 2012 after hitting 3% in 2011, in spite of an \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0energy bump<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u2193<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Unemployment<\/span><\/strong><\/span>: Around 8% by year-end, despite possible upticks earlier<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006633;\">\u2191\u00a0 \u00a0Crude oil<\/span><\/strong><\/span>: Highly volatile; trading at $105-$110 per barrel by summer<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #006633;\">\u2191\u00a0 \u00a0Trade<\/span><\/strong><\/span>: More imports added than exports; deficit climbing to $620 bil. in 2012<\/li>\n<li>\u2194 <strong>Commercial property<\/strong>: Jitters over rising energy costs slowing down deals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Source: <a title=\"Kiplinger\" 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