by Wolf Richter
Wolf Street
This demand growth is adding to renewed inflation concerns. The huge waves of immigrants in 2022-2024 are part of this demand growth.
Upon the release of the retail sales data today, the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow’s estimate for inflation-adjusted GDP growth in Q3 rose to 3.4%, nearly entirely because the inflation-adjusted growth of its consumer spending component got boosted by retail sales today.