I WAS NEVER ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE who made serious new year's resolutions or enjoyed end of year predictions about the year to come-expect for the humor value often found in both instances. However, I came across some forecasts just before the holidays that caught my interest.
According to the Conference Board, 2004 will be the US's best year economically in the last 20 years. The research group goes on to say that worker productivity, which set a record in 2003, is expected to grow even more this year.