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Goldman: "We have reduced our 2025 Q4/Q4 GDP growth forecast to 1.7%, from 2.2% previously, and bumped up our unemployment rate forecast by 0.1pp to 4.2%." 1/2

Housing March 10th Weekly Update: Inventory up 0.5% Week-over-week, Up 28.3% Year-over-year www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/hous...

Real Estate Newsletter Articles this Week: calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/ice-mortga... 1/5

The problem was there was an unusual surge in gold imports (due to tariff threats), and the underlying data wasn't released until later. GDPNow will adjust at the next release. GDPnow is an excellent GDP tracker and will likely turn positive at the next release on March 17th but still be very low

“Transitioning” from 50 straight months of job growth, a 400% rise in manufacturing construction and the best back-to-back years for the stock market in a quarter century. 🤡

Atlanta Fed discusses GDPNow and gold atlfed.org/3QPmCmD

Coming March 18: "How Not To Invest: The ideas, numbers, and behaviors that destroy wealth - and how to avoid them." www.hownottoinvestbook.com

Asking Rents Mostly Unchanged Year-over-year calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/asking-ren...

Powell: "Uncertainty" www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Goldman revises down forecast based on policy risks: "[core PCE inflation will] peak at about 3% year-on-year ... we have reduced our 2025 Q4/Q4 GDP growth forecast to 1.7%, from 2.2% previously. ... We have bumped up our unemployment rate forecast by 0.1pp to 4.2%"

Q1 GDP Tracking: Mid-to-High 1% Range www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/q1-g...

Comments on February Employment Report www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/comm...

February Employment Report: 151 thousand Jobs, 4.1% Unemployment Rate www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/febr...

I'm curious what Fed Chair Powell will say tomorrow on the "Economic outlook"! 12:30 PM: Speech, Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Economic Outlook, At The University of Chicago Booth School of Business I wonder if this will break the Zoom App! chicagoboothgroup.zoom.us/j/9741186978...

1st Look at Local Housing Markets in February calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/1st-look-a...

GDPNow will correct for this once the gold is included as an increase in inventories - but that lags. That is why GDPNow's tracking estimate of GDP is likely way too low.

Goldman: "The trade deficit widened in January, reflecting a surge in gold imports ahead of potential tariffs ... most of the widening in the trade deficit since November reflects higher gold imports, which are excluded from GDP because they are not consumed or used in production."

Trade Deficit increased to $131.4 Billion in January www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/trad...

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Decrease to 221,000 www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/week...

Top 3 countries for tourist visits to US: 1) Canada 31% in 2023 2) Mexico 22% in 2023 3) UK 6% in 2023 It seems the hotel / travel industry is going to take a hit.

Advice for Trump Admin and DOGE: "Never mistake activity for achievement." John Wooden

CoreLogic: Home Prices Increased 3.3% Year-over-year in January www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/core...

Fed's Beige Book: "Overall economic activity rose slightly" www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/feds...

ICE Mortgage Monitor: Property Insurance Costs Rose at a Record Rate in 2024 calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/ice-mortga...

ISM® Services Index Increased to 53.5% in February www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/ism-... The ISM® Services index was at 53.5%, up from 52.8% last month. The employment index increased to 53.9%, from 52.3%.

ADP 77K. adpemploymentreport.com "Policy uncertainty and a slowdown in consumer spending might have led to layoffs or a slowdown in hiring last month. Our data, combined with other recent indicators, suggests a hiring hesitancy among employers as they assess the economic climate ahead."

MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/mba-...

DOGE will cost taxpayers billions.

Ready. Fire. Aim.

Update: Lumber Prices Up 7% YoY www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/upda...

UPDATE: The Commerce Department has terminated the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC) and several other outside committees that advised the statistical agencies. #EconSky

Heavy Truck Sales Decreased 9% YoY in February www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/heav...

Fannie and Freddie: Single Family Serious Delinquency Rates Increased in January Fannie Mae Multi-Family Delinquency Rate Highest Since 2011 (ex-Pandemic) calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/fannie-and...

Lawler: Federal Reserve Earnings Still Running Negative; No Remittances to Treasury for a While www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/lawl...

Vehicles Sales Increase to 16.00 million SAAR in February www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/vehi...

A Comment on GDPNow www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/03/a-co... "the January surge in imports - especially for gold - caused the model to move negative ... Usually there would be an offsetting increase in inventories, but that is a lagging indicator."

Final Look at Local Housing Markets in January and a Look Ahead to February Sales calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/final-look...