Editor's Note: Below is a brief excerpt and chart from today's Early Look written by CEO Keith McCullough. Click here to learn more about the Early Look. 

3 Straight Quarters of 3% GDP? Yup! - Chart of the Day 12 20 17

Ahead of tomorrow’s US GDP report for Q3 of 2017 which will have another +3% handle in front of it, here’s your update on Q4:

A) Our predictive tracking algo has ticked up post last week’s booming Retail Sales and IP data to +2.67% year-over-year growth
B) That 2.7% y/y number imputes a +3.07% q/q SAAR forecast for Q4 of 2017 (that’s the headline # Wall Street reads to you)

That’s why all you Trump lovers out there can say he’s actually telling the truth when he’s talking up the “3% GDP economy.” If our nowcast model is right, the US economy is going to score a hat trick of 3 straight quarters of headline +3% US GDP.

3 Straight Quarters of 3% GDP? Yup! - early look