NY Fed's GDP Nowcast for second quarter drops to 1.8% from 2.2%

Eren Sengezer FXStreet

"The New York Fed Staff Nowcast stands at 1.8% for 2019:Q2," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in its latest Nowcasting Report.

Key quotes

"News from this week's data releases decreased the nowcast for 2019:Q2 by 0.4 percentage point."

"Negative surprises from industrial production and capacity utilization data largely offset positive surprises from housing and regional survey data."

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Eren Sengezer

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As an economist at heart, Eren Sengezer specializes in the assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts of macroeconomic data, central bank policies and political developments on financial assets.

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