US: Atlanta Fed GDPNow for Q3 rises to 2.6%

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's GDPNow model, the US economy is expected to grow at an annualized rate of 2.6% in the third quarter, up from 1.6% in the previous estimate.

"After this morning’s construction spending release from the US Census Bureau and this morning’s Manufacturing ISM Report On Business from the Institute for Supply Management, the nowcasts of third-quarter real personal consumption expenditures growth and third-quarter real gross private domestic investment growth increased from 2.0% and -5.4%, respectively, to 3.1% and -3.5%, respectively," Atlanta Fed explained in its publication.

Market reaction

The US Dollar Index showed no immediate reaction to this report and was last seen rising nearly 1% on the day at 109.75.