The larger than expected fall in the trade deficit reported for September coupled with larger than expected inventory accumulations reported for August and September should lead to a substantial upward revision to an already strong third quarter GDP number. My guess is that this will be an anomaly with growth falling off sharply in the 4th quarter (the inventory growth was most likely due to slower than expected sales), but a figure well above 4 percent is nonetheless striking.
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