Econintersect: The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago annual Economic Outlook Symposium forecasts the economy in 2014 to grow at a faster rate than it did in 2013, but this pace is not expected to be strong enough to substantially reduce the economic slack built up during the Great Recession.
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source: http://chicagofed.org/digital_assets/publications/chicago_fed_letter/2014/cflfebruary2014_319.pdf