About the panel This is the seventh annual installment of msnbc.com's year-end economic roundtable. Each year we poll selected Wall Street, academic and business forecasters for their views and track their previous forecasts to see how they did. This year we have added two new panelists: — Scott Anderson, senior economist, Wells Fargo — Mickey Levy, chief economist, Bank of America Continuing panelists from 2007: — Nariman Behravesh, chief economist, IHS Global Insight — Michael Englund, chief economist, Action Economics — Ethan Harris, co-head, U.S. economics research, Barclays Capital — 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 To read last year's coverage, click here.

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