Taking out the influence of inventories saw real final sales rise by 3.2 % which is the best since Q2 2015. (boockreport.com)
Historically, when real final sales has fallen below 2 % on a year - over-year basis the economy has either been in, or was entering, a recession. (news-to-use.com)
As David Rosenberg observed, 70 % of last quarter's growth represented inventory growth, while real final sales posted an annual gain of just 0.6 %. (hussman.net)