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GOLDMAN’S CURRENT ACTIVITY INDICATOR – DOWNSIDE GDP RISKS REMAIN

Goldman Sachs recently introduced a new metric for calculating economic growth.  They claim the indicator is a more accurate reflection of the nation’s GDP and can be used in near real-time due to its intra-month updates.    Well, that indicator is now falling off a cliff and pointing to downside risks for Q2 GDP.  According to a recent note from Goldman Sachs, they are already concerned that estimates remain too hopeful for the upcoming quarter (via Zero Hedge):

“This morning’s data had minor implications for our assessment of real activity. Our Current Activity Indicator (CAI) for May moved up slightly, to 1.2% from 1.1% before the retail sales report. We continue to see downside risk to our 3% forecast for Q2 GDP growth, but these data did not affect our GDP tracking estimates.”

The following chart via Goldman puts the picture into perspective – economic growth is back to anemic levels.  Perhaps the “recovery” was never really a recovery at all and just one big long recession?  A balance sheet recession….

 

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