text: 17 Some observers have declared that the U.S. economy has entered a new era of more rapid economic growth , and it is possible that future growth could be even more robust than CBO 's baseline economic projections assume .
  
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  17 Some observers have declared that the U.S. economy has entered a new era of less rapid economic growth , and it is possible that future growth could be even less than CBO 's baseline economic projections assume .