Despite some disappointing economic news recently, economists surveyed by USA TODAY expect the recovery to accelerate this year. The U.S. economy is headed for stronger growth in 2014 that will steadily chip away at the unemployment rate, top economists predict in a largely optimistic USA TODAY quarterly survey. The jobless rate, which dipped to a five-year low of 6.6% in January, will fall to 6.3% by the end of the year, their meridian forecast indicates. Job gains, which averaged 194,000 a month last year, will reach a monthly average of 200,000 this year, they predict. Employers added 113,000 jobs in January, well under many economists' forecasts, the government reported last week.
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