While the Fed hailed activity growth as “strong” at its policy meeting this week, we doubt GDP growth will maintain a 4% plus annualised pace in the third quarter. It’s early days, but data released this week support our view that growth will slow to a more moderate 2.5-3.0% annualised in the third quarter, well below the Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimate of 5%.
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