Sentences with phrase «quarter gdp»

The final reading of fourth - quarter GDP had little change from the first two estimates, revised 1 tenth lower to an as - expected 2.5 percent annualized rate.

Overall, first - quarter GDP grew at a subpar, seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.2 %.

Overall, first - quarter GDP grew at a subpar, seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.2 percent.

The following is NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun's reaction to this morning's U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report on the employment situation in March: «The March jobs report was a bit soft, and first quarter GDP growth rate...

Third quarter GDP exceeded expectations at 2.9 percent.

For example, third - quarter GDP growth was at 2 %, a solid result compared to 1.3 % for the second quarter.

Put another way, had home building been flat for the quarter, the initial estimate for fourth - quarter GDP would have been strongly negative at 0.46 %.

According to the BEA, the small decline in fourth quarter GDP primarily reflected «a slight downward revision to private inventory investment».

«The 10 - year Treasury yield remained flat despite an upward revision to third quarter GDP,» explains Sean Becketti, Freddie Mac's chief economist.

First quarter GDP is expected to be a little soft, mainly the result of transient factors, such as the winter and the west coast port closures.

The third estimate of fourth quarter GDP was revised 4 tenths higher to a 2.9 percent annualized rate.

Economists» projections for the updated advance in third - quarter GDP, the value of all goods and services produced in the U.S., ranged from 2.8 percent to 3.5 percent.

«Even with the weak initial estimates of first - quarter GDP — which was also influenced by the extreme winter in much of the country — the overwhelming evidence of strengthening job gains, lower unemployment, and improved consumer confidence doesn't sync with an annualized household formation rate of just 69,000 in the first quarter of this year,» Muoio points out.

«The March jobs report was a bit soft, and first quarter GDP growth rate also looks to be weak.

This process is already underway; fourth quarter GDP figures indicated personal consumption grew at its highest rate in years, bolstered by the decline in oil prices.

«The 10 - year Treasury yield remained flat despite an upward revision to third quarter GDP,» says Sean Becketti, chief economist, Freddie Mac.

However, the second quarter GDP is expected to show improvement, with a yearly gain above 3.0 percent.

While the second estimate was an improvement over the initial 0.7 percent, it was far below the average 3.4 percent typical of first - quarter GDP growth over the 1950 - 16 period.

The third quarter GDP figures released this week showed a rebound to a 2.3 % annual growth pace, largely the result of an improvement in exports — not surprising given the robust demand for autos in the U.S and the weakness in the Canadian dollar.

After a little while I realized that we are facing the same phenomenon as we did back in 2Q 2008, when I write the piece, Another Look at Preliminary Second Quarter GDP.

Robust U.S. GDP Report Renews Interest in Higher Yielding Currencies A better than expected U.S. Third Quarter GDP Report is sending the Dollar sharply lower at the mid-session.

First quarter GDP came in at a paltry 0.5 %, and inflation has been well below its historical average.

The first estimate for first - quarter GDP came in at 2.3 %.

The third quarter GDP report, showing 2 % annual growth, was also interesting.

Canada's surprisingly strong first - quarter GDP report was the best quarterly print since the second quarter of 2014 and...

Thursday morning at 8:30 AM the Bureau of Economic Analysis published the advance estimate of third quarter GDP showing a Read more -LSB-...]

China's first quarter GDP rose by 8.1 %, less than the 8.4 % anticipated by Wall Street.

Investors are awaiting fourth quarter GDP figures, which are expected to show the UK entered recession in the second half of the year.

King Dollar has appreciated against a basket of major currencies ahead of this afternoon's estimate of first - quarter GDP growth.

As a result, inventory investment contributed 0.73 percentage point to third - quarter GDP growth, after adding just over a tenth of a percentage point to growth in the prior period.

Even with updated information, growth of the US economy slowed from second and third quarter of 2017 readings that exceeded three percent, but fourth quarter GDP growth did outperform its potential for the third consecutive quarter and deeper analysis suggests that the fourth quarter reading was solid.

Markets largely ignored a soft fourth quarter GDP read that saw the Australian Economy grow just 0.5 % as an upward revision to Third quarter growth defused immediate calls for looser monetary policy.

Across the Pond, focus will be on 1st quarter GDP and employment cost numbers, any better than forecasted figures another Dollar positive, with the markets expecting upward revision to GDP numbers following the March goods trade numbers released on Thursday.

Second - quarter GDP figures for the eurozone confirmed what earlier data had indicated, namely that the region's economy was expanding at an impressive rate, amid a broad rebound in confidence following setbacks for European populist political parties in various elections earlier in the year.

These data were mostly consistent with that optimism, as business spending was one of the larger bright spots in the first quarter GDP data.

With the economy showing some spark — first - quarter GDP was up 2.5 % — it's less likely the Fed will make such a move now.

Added revenue from the Olympic Games could be hiding weakness in the third - quarter GDP report.

Third - quarter GDP for the United Kingdom showed that the economy is emerging from the recession.

A good chunk of the first - quarter GDP gains came from an inventory build.

As I argued when the second quarter GDP numbers confirmed the recession, the big issue is not whether GDP growth is slightly positive or slightly negative. The big issue is why it has been so close to zero in the first place. The July GDP numbers do not change that analysis. And they do not change the empirical fact that the Harper government's overall economic record — even before this year's downturn — is uniquely weak, on both historical and international criteria.

We feel the restrained first - quarter GDP consensus forecasts reflect the contrast between a domestic economy doing relatively well, and which has spurred the Fed into action, and a less robust backdrop internationally.

Updates on inflation tallied with the backdrop suggested by the first - quarter GDP numbers.

The slide in initial - quarter GDP as the election loomed demonstrates how vulnerable to political uncertainty business expenditure decisions can be.

Third quarter GDP data will not be released until December 1.

Third - quarter GDP figures were revised up to show annualized growth of 2.5 %, broadly the same pace as seen in the previous quarter.

Like everyone, I was uplifted by today's news that third quarter GDP figures were revised upward from 3.6 percent to a whopping 4.1 percent.

Markets largely ignored a soft fourth quarter GDP read that saw the...

Japan is expected to release its third - quarter GDP report on November 11.

The muted nature likely disappointed the bulls, especially considering an impressive first - quarter GDP reading (the first of several in the coming weeks) that initially drove most stocks higher in value.

This morning's just - released data for first - quarter GDP (more below on this upward surprise) was of some concern, as was next week's Federal Reserve FOMC meeting.