Nonsense GDP Reporting Intensified


"Advance" Estimate of Second-Quarter 2017 Real GDP
Came in at a Near-Consensus 2.57% versus a
Downwardly-Revised 1.24% First-Quarter Estimate


Annual Benchmark Revisions Were Minimal in Aggregate,
Showing Weaker GDP Growth in 2016 and
Somewhat Stronger Growth in 2014 into 2015


Gross Domestic Income (GDI) and Gross National Product (GNP)
Growth Rates Also Slowed in 2016 Revisions

 

 

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