2005 U.S. Economic Forecast: Limited Growth (3.5 Percent).

Byline: University of Maryland, College Park

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the remainder of 2004 and throughout 2005, the U.S. economy will continue to perform below its potential, growing at an annual rate of about 3.5 percent, and the unemployment rate will fall only modestly, with an average of 144,000 new jobs created each month, says University of Maryland economist Peter Morici in his new national economic forecast.

"Overall, if properly managed, the U.S. economy could easily grow at 4.5 percent a year and create 200,000 jobs a month for the next several years," says Morici, a business professor at the university's Robert H. Smith …