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Big jump in US economy not likely

Pace of growth in 2017 will not be much faster than it was last year, or the year before that.

Published Tue, May 30, 2017 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    THE big economic bounce some specialists have confidently predicted for later in the year may turn out to be only a small bump.

    It is not that the economy is weakening, or that a recession is in the offing. Rather it appears as if the pace of growth in 2017 will not be much faster than it was last year, or the year before that.

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