joining us, two prominent economists with fferent viewpoints: kenneth rogoff professor ofconomics at harvard universityand mark zandi, chief economist at moodysonomy.com. >> thank you for joining . >> thank you >> suzanne: one tng we can agree is t worse of the financial crises i overut are we still in a recession or a recovery. mark, what d you say to tha >> you kno i think the recessiois just about over. this has been a ry severe downturn but ihink just abo at the end of its tenure, i think it's going to be a bit of a slo over the coming year but the gd news is this long dark period is just about done. >> sie: ken, do you aee with that. >> well, i do e i mean i think we're not falling off a cliff and jobs are stilgoing down and probably wi for a while longer. but we'll g for recovy. the questi's what's ahead. susie: and wt is ahead? >> well i think wre lookingt five years o much slow growth than we saw befor the finanal crises. there's so many allenges. home pces. i don't think they're bouncg back i ca i consumptions going to be aeak for long time d with this debt taxes is going ve

joining us, two prominent economists with different viewpoints: kenneth rogoff, professor of economics at harvard university; and mark zandi, chief economist at moodyseconomy.com. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> suzanne: one thing we can agree is the worse of the financial crises is over but are we still in a recession or a recovery. mark, what do you say to that? >> you know i think the recession is just about over. this has been a very severe downturn but i think just about at the end of its tenure, i think it's going to be a bit of a slog over the coming year but the good news is this long dark period is just about done. >> susie: ken, do you agree with that. >> well, i do. the i mean i think we're not falling off a cliff and jobs are still going down and probably will for a while longer. but we'll get for recovery. the question's what's ahead. >> susie: and what is ahead? >> well i think we're looking at five years of much slower growth than we saw before the financial crises. there's so many challenges. home prices. i don't think they're bouncing back. i can i consum