An Expansion in Name Only: A Midyear Economic Review PR Newswire CHICAGO, June 8, 2011 CHICAGO, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "Middle- and low-income households are expected to remain particularly frustrated with the pace of economic growth through the start of 2012... [and] class warfare is likely to gain traction as the 2012 elections approach." Chief Economist Diane Swonk details both temporary and long-term headwinds for U.S. economic growth. View a video featuring Diane Swonk listing the major challenges facing the U.S. economy, in the June issue of Themes on the Economy®. Read this month's issue. She weighs the factors adding to and subtracting from the recovery during the second half of 2011.