October's weaker than expected personal spending and durable goods orders data suggest that annualised fourth-quarter GDP growth may be closer to 2.5% rather than the 3.0% that previously looked likely. But even this momentum won't be carried into 2012, when we expect GDP growth to slow to just 1.5% in the year as a whole.
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