Optimism Growing about U.S. Economy

In case you missed it, the U.S. economy is picking up speed.  That’s the view of a panel of business economists, whose latest growth forecast calls for a 3.1 percent advance in U.S. gross domestic product in 2015—up from a 2.2 percent expansion this year.

And the improved job market will continue to push the jobless rate down to 5.4 percent by the end of next year, according to the latest forecast from the National Association for Business Economics (NABE).

The groups’ upbeat outlook was bolstered Friday by the government’s latest employment data, which showed a surge in employment in November, when nonfarm payrolls jumped by 321,000. The report also boosted the government’s previous estimates for job gains in September and October.

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