Federal Reserve of Atlanta GDPNow
As of now, they're tracking a 0.3 growth rate for Q3, but not the direction of the graph. There's still 10 days of the quarter left, and it will be weeks before all the numbers are in. This could be the 3rd consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth. It will be harder to fight off the cries of recession, but they will give it a good run.
They will do whatever number massaging it takes to report a positive quarter. Even if it’s -2.0% in the fourth to make up for it.