The U.S. economy is kind of a juggernaut. Look at the last few quarters, how it shook off oil price spikes and hurricane shocks. |
This is nothing I see happening. But it is a risk. |
We have tremendous economic momentum entering 2006. If you look [at] what happened [during the] past few quarters, our economy largely shook off the oil-price spikes and largely shook off the hurricane shocks. So I'm predicting a very solid 3.8 percent GDP [gross domestic product] growth for all of 2006. |