{"id":92732,"date":"2018-12-04T08:51:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T13:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732//?p=92732"},"modified":"2019-12-18T16:05:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:05:46","slug":"u-s-forecast-stronger-economic-growth-comin-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732//u-s-forecast-stronger-economic-growth-comin-town/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732//","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Forecast: Stronger Economic Growth is ‘Comin/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732/u2019 to Town’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Santa/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732/u2019s elves will need to ramp up their North Pole toy-making operation if they want to meet consumer demand ahead of a strong holiday-shopping season, says 麻豆原创 economist Sean Snaith in his fourth quarter forecast./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732/n

Retail sales are up 5.4 percent year over year, according to the forecast from the 麻豆原创 Institute for Economic Competitiveness. After consumer confidence reached an 18-year high in October 2018, Snaith said he expects an increase in gifts under the tree./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732/u201cBlack Friday kicked off what should be a very strong holiday shopping season as U.S. consumers are in a near perfect environment to support faster spending,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732/u201d says Snaith, alluding to increased retail sales led by rising employment, disposable incomes and faster wage growth. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732/u201cAmerican workers are enjoying something they have not experienced much in this economic recovery: larger paychecks. More take-home pay will lead to higher consumer spending./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92732/n