The answer to both questions, most economists predict, is yes.

One thing an economist should never predict is the future.

Job growth for 1995, most economists predict, will be up to 3 percent.

Economists in general are predicting growth of about 2 percent.

Many economists predict growth this year of 2 to 2.5 percent.

Economists had predicted that production would increase by 1.9 percent.

The rise was in line with what most economists had predicted.

Taking an average, economists predicted a 0.6pc fall for November.

A few months ago, economists were predicting he would do so this month.

The November reading was lower than many economists had predicted.