Published October 12, 2010
FoxNews.com
The economic forecasts just keep getting worse.
The National Association for Business Economics released a study Monday downgrading its growth prediction from 3.2 percent to 2.6 percent for this year, with next dragging along at the same pace. The forecast showed the jobless rate hovering above 9 percent through 2011.
The study comes after the Congressional Budget Office pegged growth next year at 2 percent, a pace the office described as "anemic" compared with other post-recession recoveries.
So what can the government do about it? Washington has been pushing out bold, new economic proposals since the recession started, but one glance at the job-fair crowds these days would prove these proposals have had limited effect.
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