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Plenty of Sunshine In Q3's GDPNow & July's CPI

Ed Yardeni Ed Yardeni · · 1 min read
Plenty of Sunshine In Q3's GDPNow & July's CPI
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There's lots of sunshine in the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow tracking model. Today's estimate shows that real GDP is rising at a 2.5% pace (saar) during Q3 (table). Consumer spending is tracking at 2.7%. It is looking like an up quarter for capital spending, government outlays, and exports so far. The downers, so far, are residential investment, imports, and the change in private inventories.