FANNIE MAE ECONOMIC AND HOUSING OUTLOOK: ECONOMIC GROWTH OUTLOOK LITTLE CHANGED

摘要

Financial market conditions appear to be improving as 2016 progresses, but economic growth is expected to remain flat at 2.0% this year. Weakness in net exports and oil-related nonresidential investment as well as the ongoing inventory correction process after unsustainable accumulations during the first half of 2015 should combine to drag on growth, according to Fannie Mae's (FNMA/OTC) Economic & Strategic Research Group's March 2016 Economic and Housing Outlook, released March 17, 2016. However, positive indicators, including strengthening domestic consumer and business spending and a healthy labor market, should outweigh those negative factors.