The modest rise in personal spending in August suggests that third-quarter consumption growth was weaker than we had previously anticipated, while the durable goods data indicate that business equipment investment stagnated. The upshot is that GDP growth looks to have slowed to 1.5% annualised in the third quarter, a little weaker than we had previously expected.
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