2018 Economic Outlook
Current Situation 2018 starts with the US economy in a pretty good place. Economic growth, measured by GDP, has been strong in the second and third quarters of 2017. The annualized growth rate these two quarters topped 3 percent and there is no reason to doubt that the fourth quarter figure will also be solid. U.S. Economic Growth by Quarter A strong economy needs to add jobs, and in this measure 2017 did not disappoint. While 2017 trails 2016 in U.S. job growth thru November
