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In an in-depth interview, Professor Aswath Damodaran shares his views on economic growth in 2017

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Excerpt from the Economic Times -- "To be quite honest, 2% to 2.5% is the long term growth and I do not see growth in the US economy going to 6% or 7%. It is not that kind of economy. 3.5% is really a good year and 1% is a bad year and 2.5% is the middle. That is why when I said earlier that Asia has got to provide that extra growth, the US economy is not capable of providing 6%, 7%, 8% growth. It is a mature economy. So 2.5% might become 3% or 3.25% but I do not see it jumping going forward even if good things happen."

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