Paul Kasriel

Editor’s note: The following observations were culled from the latest U.S. Economic Outlook report by Paul Kasriel, chief economist at Northern Trust Bank in Chicago.

Editor's note: This report is a condensed version of Northern Trust Corp. chief economist Paul Kasriel's 2011 Economic Outlook.

There are some significant changes to key variables in this month's forecast compared with the November 2010 forecast.

Largely because of some recently-released economic reports, we have bumped up our real GDP (Gross Domestic Product) forecast significantly for Q4:2009 and much less so for all of 2010.

Businesses in southeastern Wisconsin increasingly are shifting the burden of rising health care insurance costs onto their employees, according to an ongoing survey. ...

Businesses in southeastern Wisconsin increasingly are shifting the burden of rising health care insurance costs onto their employees, according to an ongoing survey. ...