This is the sixth annual installment of msnbc.com's year-end economic roundtable. Each year we poll selected Wall Street and academic forecasters for their views and tabulate their previous forecasts to see how they did. The current panelists are:
— Nariman Behravesh, chief economist, Global Insight
— Michael Englund, chief economist, Action Economics
— Ethan Harris, chief U.S. economist, Lehman Bros.
— Jan Hatzius, chief U.S. economist, Goldman Sachs
— Ed Leamer, forecast director, UCLA Anderson business school
— Joel Naroff, president, Naroff Economic Advisors
— David Rosenberg, chief North American economist, Merrill Lynch
— John Silvia, chief economist, Wachovia Corp.
— Diane Swonk, chief economist, Mesirow Financial
— Lawrence Yun, chief economist, National Association of Realtors