IMF: Structural Forces Weigh on Future U.S. Growth

The U.S. economy is currently doing well, but continued long-term growth requires addressing chronic issues, including falling labor force participation, weak productivity, rising income polarization, and high poverty rates, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a recently released review of the national economy.

The report notes even with added stresses of a strong dollar, an energy-sector contraction, and global economic uncertainty, the IMF predicts U.S. GDP growth of 2.2% in 2016 and 2.5% in 2017.

In the longer term, however, the national economy faces a number of headwinds, including lower labor force participation due to an increasing share of the workforce retiring, income and wealth distribution that are increasingly polarized, and high levels of poverty.

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