In Q4 When 282,000 Average Jobs Were Supposedly Added, The Atlanta Fed Sees GDP At A Paltry 0.8%
Just over two hours ago, following the latest disappointing wholesale sales and trade, using the Atlanta Fed's GDP methodology, we calculated just where the regional Fed would trim its famous "nowcast" estimate to:
Atlanta Fed to revise Q4 GDP to ~0.8% shortly
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 8, 2016
Moments ago, that's precisely what the Atlanta Fed's revised Q4 GDP estimate was lowered to. To wit:
Latest forecast — January 8, 2016
The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2015 is 0.8 percent on January 8, down from 1.0 percent on January 6. The forecast for the contribution of inventory investment to fourth-quarter real GDP growth declined 0.2 percentage points to -0.8 percentage points after this morning's wholesale trade report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
So, to summarize: in a quarter in which GDP rose by 0.8%, and was likely negative when excluding the benefits - yes, that's right, benefits - of the warm winter, the same way last year's "harsh winter" supposedly subtracted from GDP, the US added on average over 270,000 workers per month.
Just when you thought the Chinese Department of Truth couldn't be topped...
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just wait untill they start adding the Uber and Lyft drivers and delivery people .The unemployment rate will go to 0
So we've become a nation of minimum wage workers who sell each other overpriced houses, cars, iGadgets, coffee, burgers, pizza, and cheap plastic crap from China.
And we call it an economic recovery.
What else is new?
That's the problem...they were "below average" jobs...
According to My back of the Napkin computations say we're in a -6.8 GDP Recession. Their Napkin is wet and wrong...
For such a roaring employment market, I sure run into a lot of pissed off people
How many fast food joints does a guy have to work at to make a living in the U.S?