February 19, 2015

Another Reason Why 4Q14 GDP May Be Revised Down Even Further

Filed under: Economy,Taxes & Government — Tom @ 9:59 am

The fourth-quarter increase in Industrial Production is half of what it was thought to be in mid-January, and is down by 0.6 percent from where it was after January’s report and after the first GDP release for the fourth quarter:

IndustrialProductionOctToDec2014

Links: Feb. 18 release; Jan. 16 release

The Wall Street Journal reported revised estimates for 4Q14 ranging from 1.7 percent to 2 percent last week, down from the government’s 2.6 percent reported in late January.

The Industrial Production increase coming in at about 60 percent of what it was thought to be in late January (+0.7 compared to +1.2) won’t improve matters.

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UPDATE, 3:30 P.M.: Longer-term, we have all the makings of an anemic Two Percent economy — even in the “best” of times.

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2 Comments

  1. A two percent economy inflated by the Fed issuing electronic ones and zeros. A two percent economy created by deficit spending acting as a VAT on top of all the other parasitic taxes bleeding the economy dry.

    Comment by dscott — February 19, 2015 @ 3:58 pm

  2. [...] Wednesday report on Industrial Production, which revised October, November, and December down by a combined 0.5 points, reducing what had been a 1.2 percent increase during the quarter to just 0.7 [...]

    Pingback by BizzyBlog — February 21, 2015 @ 9:57 am

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