The New York Fed’s ‘decidedly-more-optimistic-than-Atlanta-Fed’s-GDPNow-model’ NowCast model for GDP growth just tumbled back to reality after a week of dismal data finally forced its hand. Treasury bond yields are extending their tumble as NYFed slashes Q1 growth to just 0.8% (from 1.5% in Feb) and collapsed Q2 growth to 1.2% from 1.9% last week. This cuts the entire H1 estimate from 1.5% to 1.0%… shamed down to GDPNow’s reality.
Q1 cut…
And Q2 slashed…
And what drove the drastic cut…
This means the US has to grow 3.4% in the second half to hit the Fed’s target!
It appears the shaming of their ‘optimism’ has worked. And the reaction in bonds is clear…
via http://ift.tt/1SbDg8T Tyler Durden