请问 it is experiencing and will continue to experience difficulties 是正确的表达吗?

另外, 可不可以用进行时, 象:the economy is continuing to expand?

请问 it is experiencing and will continue to experience difficulties 是正确的表达吗?
it's a wrong sentence. what is "it"? "to experience difficulties"???

另外, 可不可以用进行时, 象:the economy is continuing to expand now. in my opinion, it's a correct sentence; however, the sentence - "the economy will be continuing to expand" - is better..