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Atlanta Fed revises annualized GDP Estimate to 5.3%. Way up from 3%!

Posted by Austin Powerz on 1/15/2026, 21:09:19

Latest estimate: 5.3 percent — January 14, 2026

The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2025 is 5.3 percent on January 14, up from 5.1 percent on January 9. After recent releases from the US Census Bureau, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service, and the National Association of Realtors, the nowcasts of fourth-quarter real personal consumption expenditures growth, fourth-quarter real gross private domestic investment growth, and fourth-quarter real government expenditures growth increased from 3.0 percent, 4.8 percent, and 1.3 percent, respectively, to 3.1 percent, 5.1 percent, and 1.6 percent.

https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/research/gdpnow

Re: Atlanta Fed revises annualized GDP Estimate to 5.3%. Way up from 3%!

Posted by Johnny Salt on 1/15/2026, 21:15:32, in reply to "Atlanta Fed revises annualized GDP Estimate to 5.3%. Way up from 3%! "

3.99% YTD
Thank You Trump
and I hit my desired 17% last year
Golden Age

Re: Atlanta Fed revises annualized GDP Estimate to 5.3%. Way up from 3%!

Posted by JK on 1/15/2026, 21:43:37, in reply to "Atlanta Fed revises annualized GDP Estimate to 5.3%. Way up from 3%! "

fake money
just sounds nasty
pretty much is

isn't it

Yes, but fake digital money is even more scary.

Posted by Austin Powerz on 1/16/2026, 1:48:21, in reply to "Re: Atlanta Fed revises annualized GDP Estimate to 5.3%. Way up from 3%! "

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The global monetary system shifted from the gold standard in the mid 20th century. The conference that effectively settled the issue of the U.S. moving off the gold standard was the Bretton Woods Conference, held in July 1944.

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