Oil Prices Cloud Economic Outlook According to Fannie Mae’s Economic & Mortgage Market Analysis Group

WASHINGTON, DC – March 22, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — The economy continues to show increasing signs of self-sustaining momentum, however an unexpected jump in oil prices and the potential for further tightening of fiscal policy suggest less economic momentum than previously believed, according to the March 2011 Economic Outlook released today by Fannie Mae’s (FNMA/OTC) Economics & Mortgage Market Analysis Group. Projected economic growth for the year was lowered to 3.5 percent — down slightly from 3.7 percent in February 2011, but up from 2.7 percent annual growth in 2010.


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