Money COVID-19 vaccine could return US economy to near normal by end of 2021 November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on COVID-19 vaccine could return US economy to near normal by end of 2021 The U.S. Economic Outlook, released Thursday by University of Michigan economists, calls for real gross domestic product to rise by 4.2% in 2021.