NY Fed's 'nowcast' estimate of second-quarter GDP rises to 1.7 percent
Reuters
Published May 20, 2016 11:51AM ET
Updated May 20, 2016 12:20PM ET
NY Fed's 'nowcast' estimate of second-quarter GDP rises to 1.7 percent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is on track to expand at an annualized rate of 1.7 percent in the second quarter, half a percentage point higher than estimated a week earlier, the New York Federal Reserve said on Friday.
Positive news came from manufacturing and housing data and were only slightly offset by negative news from survey data, the New York Fed said in a report.
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