ECONOMY AND INTEREST RATES FOR 2007

December 4th, 2006

UBS has released their 2007 set of economic forecasts. The entire report can be read here. Their major predictions are as follows:

  • US economy will grow at 2% in 2007 but will not fall into a recession.
  • Construction slowdown will continue to be a drag on the overall economy
  • Asian economies will grow more quickly, Europe, more slowly
  • The Fed will cut the Federal Funds rate to 4% by the end of 2007

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