Although the trade deficit widened slightly to $40.7bn in August, from $39.5bn, net external trade is now on track to make a big contribution to third-quarter GDP growth. Elsewhere, the big rebound in the ISM non-manufacturing index in September is another reason to believe that, following a very lacklustre first half, GDP growth will be much stronger in the second half of this year.
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