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Don’t Tell Trump, But The Atlanta Fed Just Slashed Q2 GDP

Courtesy of ZeroHedge. View original post here.

Just two days after Donald Trump Jr slammed “the experts” and crowed of expectations for a 4.5% Q2 GDP print, The Atlanta Fed took an ax to its forecast this morning following disappointing spending data…

The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2018 is 3.8 percent on June 29, down from 4.5 percent on June 27. The nowcast of second-quarter real personal consumption expenditures growth declined from 3.7 percent to 2.7 percent after this morning’s personal income and outlays report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Source: FRB Atlanta

Of course, as we noted previously, this should come as no surprise to anyone who has tracked GDPNOW over the last few years…

And Q1 was a doozy…(remember, Q1 GDP forecast began at 5.376%!! and ended at 2…)

Nobody tell the Trumps though…ssshhh.

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