Last month, 941CEO and iHeartMedia Sarasota hosted "What’s Ahead," a 2018 economic forecast panel featuring top experts on the local and global economy. While 2017 has been one of the strongest years for the U.S. economy in recent years, our five experts discussed what’s on the horizon in terms of business growth, investments, housing, banking and the labor force. Our panelists were Ned Davis, senior investment strategist of Ned Davis Research Group; Jack McCabe, CEO and managing partner of McCabe Research & Consulting; Don Grimes, senior research specialist at the University of Michigan’s Research Seminar on Quantitative Economics; Sherod Halliburton, president of Manatee Community Federal Credit Union; and Susan Hines, principal at Sabal Trust Company. Watch the entire discussion here and get prepared for the year ahead: