WSJ Economists’ Q3 GDP Forecasts: 2.1 in Q3 and 2.0 in Q4

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Oct 23, 2011 Doug Short 

One of the big economic announcements in the week ahead will be the Advance Estimate for Q3 GDP, published on Thursday, the 27th, at 8:30 AM EST by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The final number for Q2 GDP was 1.3%. Economists in general are optimistic that Q3 will show an improvement in this broad measure of the economy. According to Briefing.com, the consensus for Q3 is 2.2%, which is a bit more optimistic than Briefing.com’s own estimate of 2.0%.
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