The solid 0.3% m/m gains in real consumption in both October and November confirm that the government shutdown had very little impact on economic activity. Those gains slightly outpaced our prior assumptions for fourth-quarter consumption growth, suggesting that the risks to our 5% fourth-quarter GDP growth estimate are tilted to the upside.
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