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To: John W

OK, do the other 11 FedRes districts not make predictions like this? Why only the Atlanta one all the time?


2 posted on 02/01/2018 10:17:19 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: NohSpinZone

If true, and the trend continues, the second year of Trump will propel the national economy to a level that could not possibly be countenanced in the days of the regime of the Former Occupant of the White Hut, 2009-2017.

New normal, anybody?

When the percentage of the national growth of GDP exceeds the percentage of the work force that is unemployed during any given quarter, then there must be some sort of metric for that.


11 posted on 02/01/2018 10:23:52 AM PST by alloysteel (Sometimes I have to tell myself, it just isn't worth the jail time.)
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To: NohSpinZone

https://www.frbatlanta.org/cqer/research/gdpnow.aspx


14 posted on 02/01/2018 10:28:22 AM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: NohSpinZone
OK, do the other 11 FedRes districts not make predictions like this? Why only the Atlanta one all the time?

They do. The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow is exactly that, the prediction at this moment in time. They were predicting 4.2% growth on Monday, 5.4% growth today. They could be predicting 3% growth in a month and 6% the month after that. It all depends on how the data changes over time.

15 posted on 02/01/2018 10:28:24 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: NohSpinZone

If this prediction bears out, the Fed will raise interest rates as a buffer against inflation.


30 posted on 02/01/2018 4:05:08 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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