I know I am not a economist. But it is fun to predict stuff, I predict that the national economy will get better this year, 2010. National unemployment(U.S. unemployment) will drop a little below 9 percent before 2011 kicks in. There will be a slight major drop in unemployment in the beginning of next year 2011 due to the large holiday spending of December 2010. National unemployment will be at 8.4 percent by February of next year 2011, U.S economy will pick up more quicker in 2011 than predicted by most economist(s).

my forecast for the U.S. economy of next year and beyond that

Unemployment rate(National)
January 8.4 %
February 8.3 %
March 8.1 %
April 8.1 %
May 7.8 %
April 7.7%
June 7.7%
July 7.4%
August 7.4%
September 7.2%
October 7.2%
November 7.2%
December 6.9%

2012
January 6.5%
February 6.5%
March 6.5%
April 6.3%
May 6.3%
June 6.2%
July 5.9%
August 5.9%
September 5.7%
October 5.7%
November 5.6%
December 5.5%

2013
January 5.0%
February 5.0%
March 4.8%
April 4.7%
May 4.5%
June 4.2%
July 4.0%
August 3.9%
September 3.7%
October 3.5%
November 3.3%
December 3.3%

2014
January 2.9%
February 2.8%
March 2.8%
April 2.7%
May 2.5%
June 2.5%

July 2.2%
August 2.0%
September 2.1%
October 1.9%
November 1.7%
December 1.7%

2015
January 1.3%
February 1.3%
March 1.2%
April 1.0%
May 1.0%
June 1.0%
July .7%
August .6%
September .6%
October .4%
November .2%
December 0 percent

Recesion ends before 2016 kicks in