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Forecasters Dial Back US Growth Outlook for 2016

Forecasters say the U.S. economy will grow a bit more slowly than first thought next year, but they also say the outlook for jobs and the housing market is good. Members of the National Association for Business Economics predicted this week that U.S. economic growth would be a modest 2.2 percent for 2015 and speed up a little next year. NABE economists help run all kinds of companies across the United States. NABE member Ken Simonson said the growth figures were a "modest"...

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