{"id":615,"date":"2012-01-17T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/?p=615"},"modified":"2012-01-17T09:00:25","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T17:00:25","slug":"fannie-mae-predicts-moderate-growth-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/fannie-mae-predicts-moderate-growth-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Fannie Mae Predicts &#8216;Moderate Growth&#8217; in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BY: KRISTA FRANKS<\/p>\n<div id=\"articleColumn1\">\n<p>The U.S. economy is projected to grow 2.3 percent for the year, according to Fannie Mae\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Economics &amp; Mortgage Market Analysis Group.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dsnews.com\/site\/img\/catalog\/articles\/binoculars.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"articleColumn2\">\n<p>Growth will be affected by \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fiscal policy issues and political economic uncertainty,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d according to Fannie Mae.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The upcoming presidential election, the healthcare debate, and the sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone are three wild cards causing concern for Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Recent improvements in employment have elevated consumers from their \u00e2\u20ac\u0153summer rut,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and the housing market is showing some positive indicators, though movement is slow.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re entering 2012 with decent momentum, especially on the employment side,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s chief economist.<\/p>\n<p>However, Duncan suggests this momentum will fade over the first half of this year amid \u00e2\u20ac\u0153policy changes and challenges that involve the global economy, the domestic economy, and the housing sector.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Duncan predicts \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a year of moderate growth edging away from the 2011 threat of a double dip.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY: KRISTA FRANKS The U.S. economy is projected to grow 2.3 percent for the year, according to Fannie Mae\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Economics &amp; Mortgage Market Analysis Group. Growth will be affected by \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fiscal policy issues and political economic uncertainty,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d according to Fannie Mae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1597],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}