P523ORACLE 523 Mon24 Feb C4 1702:41   'GOOD GROWTH PROSPECTS'  FOR USA The United States will enjoy stronger growth this year as falling oil prices help to keep inflation down, US business economists have predicted. The National Association of Business Economists said its latest survey of 300 members found them decidedly more optimistic about future US growth. "The economy has begun to pick up steam,growth should persist in 1986,and the fight against inflation continues", president Kathleen Cooper said. But half the economists thought the next recession would begin in 1987. * HOLIDAYS GALORE!! * 580