Durable Goods Orders & Personal Spending (Nov.)

The data releases today support our estimate that GDP growth probably accelerated to 4.0% annualised in the fourth quarter, from 2.6% in the third. The main difference is the pick up in consumption growth, which is more than offsetting a slowdown in the growth of business investment.

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