Thursday, January 26, 2017

2016 4th Quarter GDP Forecasts

Tomorrow the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will release the official advance estimate of real GDP Growth for the 4th quarter of 2016.

The Wall Street Journal surveys over 60 economists on various economic indicators. Their average forecast for the 4th Quarter GDP is an annualized growth rate of 2.15%. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Nowcast model is forecasting a 4th Quarter GDP growth rate of 2.06%. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's GDPNow model is forecasting a 4th Quarter GDP growth rate of 2.88%. 

North Star's 4th Quarter GDP Forecast is 1.78% year over year growth (or an annualized growth rate of 1.38% over the third quarter). Below is a slideshow of North Star's GDP Estimate and Forecast going back through the decades to 1920.


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