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US DATA: GDPNow Lowered Again To 2.0% For Q3 Tracker On Housing Starts

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  • The Atlanta Fed’s real GDP growth tracker for Q3 was revised down again today to 2.0% annualized from 2.44% yesterday and 2.9% in the Aug 8 update. 
  • Today's decline is driven by the slide in housing starts, with gross private investment growth now seen at -2.4% vs 0.0% yesterday and 2.8% on Aug 8. 
  • It would see a pullback from GDP growth currently estimated at 2.8% in Q2, or an average 2.1% in 1H24 after 4.1% in 2H23. 
  • It's still obviously early days for Q3 but latest contributions see consumer spending adding a strong 2.0pps vs the 1.6pps in Q2 and average 1.3pps in 1H24 after the 2.15 in 2H23. 
  • However, residential investment is now seen dragging -0.5pp in Q3 after the -0.1pp in Q2, for what would be the largest quarterly drag since 4Q22. 
  • That adds to changes in inventories offering the main expected sequential drag relative to Q2, -0.3pps as the volatile category swings from a 0.8pp boost in Q2 prior to which it dragged -0.4pps in Q1.
Source: Atlanta Fed

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