The U.S. has likely dodged a recession for now, even though it's too early to sound the all- clear for the economy.

A string of stronger-than-projected statistics — capped by the news on Oct. 7 of a 103,000 rise in payrolls last month — has prompted economists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Macroeconomic Advisers LLC to raise their growth forecasts for third quarter growth to 2.5 percent from about 2 percent. That's nearly double the second quarter's 1.3 percent rate and would be the fastest growth in a year.

"The U.S. economy doesn't look like it's double-dipping at all," said Allen Sinai, president of Decision Economics Inc. in New York. "But it is a crummy recovery."

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