The pick-up in third-quarter GDP growth to 2.8% annualised, from 2.0%, was largely due to a bigger than expected boost from inventory accumulation, which added 0.8% points to the headline figure. At the margin, this will increase speculation that the Fed will begin tapering its asset purchases in December, but the release of October's employment figures tomorrow is probably more important for the policy outlook.
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