As of August 30, the GDPNow Forecast is 2.0% down from 2.3% on August 26.
After yesterday’s and this morning’s releases from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the nowcasts of third-quarter real personal consumption expenditures growth and third-quarter real nonresidential equipment investment growth decreased from 3.4 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively, to 3.2 percent and -0.5 percent, respectively.
The drop surprised me given robust retail sales.
On Friday, I noted Personal Income Up 0.1%, Spending Up 0.6%, sarcastically commenting “What’s the Problem?”
Why the drop?
It’s not the data that matters but rather the data vs. what the model expected. For whatever reason, the model expected even better results from recent data.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock
What would GDP be without debt/deficit financing?
More rate cuts…..don t worry, be happy…
Huh? All the govmit jobs I applied to over the years pay shit. Open your eyes and stop talking fake news and instead use FACTS
Been sayin for over a decade economy can’t possibly get any crapier,and every single year since 09,the economy maages to easily prove me wrong,and today unless you work in govt,get a check from govt,supported by govt,subsidized by big govt,there’s virtually no way to make a living in this deadass zombie economy!
Point taken. Unless you work for the government, you are competing with Indian, Chinese and other foreign labor – as well as those here on H1b Visas. The Globalists’ dream come true, enabled by your government.