The August Wall Street Journal Economic Forecast Survey was published on August 12, 2013.  The headline is “Analysts See Growth Worthy of a Fed Pullback.”

I found numerous items to be notable – although I don’t necessarily agree with them – both within the article and in the Q&A found in the spreadsheet.

As to the question (seen in the spreadsheet detail) “Please estimate on a scale of 0 to 100 the probability of a recession in the U.S. in the next 12 months,” the average was 15%.

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The current average forecasts among economists polled include the following:

GDP:

full-year 2013:  2.0%

full-year 2014:  2.8%

full-year 2015:  3.0%

Unemployment Rate:

December 2013: 7.2%

December 2014: 6.7%

December 2015: 6.1%

10-Year Treasury Yield:

December 2013: 2.76%

December 2014: 3.32%

December 2015: 3.79%

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Please Note – The above is excerpted from the EconomicGreenfield.com (published by StratX, LLC) post of August 12, 2013, titled “The August 2013 Wall Street Journal Economic Forecast Survey”

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