...Latest forecast: 2.2 percent — May 10, 2016
The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2016 is 2.2 percent on May 10, up from 1.7 percent on May 4. Since the previous GDPNow update on May 4, the forecast for second-quarter real consumer spending growth increased from 2.6 percent to 3.0 percent and the forecast for second-quarter real fixed investment growth increased from 0.4 percent to 2.2 percent.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Whoa: Atlanta Fed Revises Second Quarter GDPnow Forecast Up To 2.2%
From the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Center for Quantatative Research: