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"We expect that in 2014, world [economic] growth will accelerate gradually," noted Nariman Behravesh, chief economist for global consulting firm IHS. "We do expect U.S. growth to slowly speed up
[with] underlying growth, which is between 2.5% and 3%, starting to show up."
He added that the growing strength of the U.S. housing market coupled with more capital expenditures on the part of businesses and a "solid foundation" of consumer spending should help a lot of things "go right" for the U.S. in 2014.
[ You can view Behravesh's complete 2014 global economic forecast below .]
Doug Duncan, chief economist for Fannie Mae, also thinks good trend lines are forming for the U.S. economy, in particular as uncertainty surrounding fiscal and monetary policy wanes while consumer spending and manufacturing activity improve.
He projects real economic growth for the U.S. to come in at approximately 2.2% for all of 2013 and then increase to 2.7% next year.
"Looking ahead into 2014, we believe the fiscal and monetary policy debate will continue to influence consumer and business attitudes, although we expect to see a meaningful pickup in growth next...