The upside surprise to third-quarter GDP growth greatly overstates the strength of the economy, with household spending contracting for the first time since the pandemic. Similarly, the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours suggests that the labour market is doing worse than the Labour Force Survey would have us believe.
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