The U.S. economy is in the midst of a “U-shaped” recovery that will continue to be sluggish in 2010 but pick up steam by 2011 and beyond.

That was the consensus outlook of a national panel of experts speaking at the BizTimes Commercial Real Estate & Development Conference this morning at Potawatomi Bingo Casino. More than 400 people attended the conference.

For the short term, the panelists expect a “jobless recovery.”

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