Discuss as:  Q&A with John Schoen on 2011's economic outlook
TODAY Money expert and msnbc.com senior writer John Schoen
chatted live with TODAYshow.com readers on Monday afternoon
about the economic outlook for 2011.  Here are two of his
answers and a complete archive.  Question from Cheddar:  Are we
likely to see unemployment decreasing in 2011?  Yes, but it's
possible we'll see the jobless rate bump *up* a bit before it
goes down.  That's because of the way the number is calculated.
If you're not looking for a job, you're not counted. So as the
job market improves, people who had "given up" looking start
will begin their searches, which puts them back in the official
definition of the "unemployed" workforce.  The improvement is
going to be gradual though. The consensus of our panel is that
the jobless rate will end 2011 at 9.2 percent.  Question from
Carol: Are we likely to see wages going up rather then down as I
have noticed?  The economists we talked to said they expect the
wage trends of the past few y