Altanta Fed GDP Forecast Tumbles To 1.4% To Justify Fed's Downbeat Outlook On Economy
Some time in the second week of February, when the market was tumbling on, among other things, fears of a U.S. recession, the Atlanta Fed was scrambling to give the all clear signal on the US economy when it surprised watchers by releasing a far stronger than consensus Q1 GDP nowcast of 2.7%.