Nowcasts And WEO, WSJ Forecasts

GDP growth projections vary significantly between the IMF, WSJ, and Federal Reserve nowcasts as recent data comes into focus.

Recent releases:

Figure 1: Reported GDP (bold black), October WSJ mean forecast (blue), GDPNow (light blue square), NY Fed nowcast (red *), October WEO (tan +). Source: BEA 2026Q2 3rd release, WSJ, Atlanta Fed, NY Fed, IMF, and author’s calculations.

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