The increase in the trade deficit to $43.0bn in September, from $40.0bn, means that third-quarter GDP growth is now set to be revised down from the initial 3.5% annualised estimate to about 3.0%. Nevertheless, that would still represent a healthy pace of growth and we expect a similar-sized gain in GDP in the fourth quarter.
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