“The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the first quarter of 2019 is 1.5 percent on March 27, up from 1.3 percent on March 26,” the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta reported on Wednesday.
“After this morning’s international trade report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the nowcast of the contribution of net exports to first-quarter real GDP growth increased from -0.29 percentage points to 0.12 percentage points, and the nowcast of first-quarter real nonresidential equipment investment growth declined from 2.2 percent to 0.2 percent.”
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