As we noted earlier, the Atlanta Fed waited until the market close [2]to reveal its most dire GDP estimate yet: a paltry 0.6%, matching the 0.6% recorded during the "harsh winter" first quarter: one could be forgiven to think that during today's already chaotic selloff, the last thing traders and algos needed was news that US economic growth had ground to a virtual halt in the quarter in which Yellen decided to hike the interest rate.
Moments ago the Atlanta Fed was kind enough to explain the reason behind this surprising delay for a report it usually releases before noon. The answer: "technical delays" and "nothing nefarious."
@zerohedge [3] Apologies for the late-day data release. Nothing more nefarious than technical difficulties, which we believe have been resolved.
— Atlanta Fed (@AtlantaFed) January 15, 2016 [4]
Thanks for the explanation.