Despite the subprime mortgage crisis and the rising risk of a recession, a recession isn't likely under current conditions, credit ratings agency Moody's said in a report Friday.read the CNN storyThe diversity of the U.S. economy and the global role of the dollar continue to support U.S. government bond and foreign currency ratings, according to the rating agency's annual U.S. credit analysis.
The dollar is expected to contribute positively to economic growth in 2008 as its declining value increases the value of U.S. assets abroad. But in 2007, due to a temporary slowing of the economy in the first quarter and an expected slowdown in the fourth, annual GDP growth is now estimated at 2 percent, down from 3.3 percent in 2006, Moody's reported.
Despite the talk of recession that you here virtually everyone. It might not happen this year.
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