1. U.S. GDP growth will be roughly 2.4 percent, lagging behind the worldwide average of 3 percent.
“I expect the growth to be in the lower end of the range between 2.4 percent to 2.5 percent,” says Donald Atwater, a professor of economics at Pepperdine University. “The reasons are the uncertainties surrounding oil and commodity markets, rising interest rates and disruptions from El Niño, terrorism and the national election.”
