Few options available for getting financial houses in order. Walter Kemmsies chief economist, Moffatt & Nichol Although the U.S. economy is officially in a growth phase, in reality the downturn engendered by the Great Recession has not ended, mostly because structural problems of the U.S. economy haven’t been resolved. Likewise, across the Atlantic, structural problems of the Mediterranean economies are not being addressed. Economic growth trends remain divergent bet...