What Does Trump Know? “GDP Numbers Are Going To Be Shockingly Good”

What Does Trump Know? “GDP Numbers Are Going To Be Shockingly Good”

by Tyler Durden

While 2017 consensus GDP growth remains mired at (an optimistic 2.2%) and with Q2 GDP expectations sliding from their quarter-start hope highs (amid collapsing economic data), it appears President Trump knows something the rest of the world does not…

Yesterday Trump exclaimed…

“I think this quarter’s GDP numbers are going to be shockingly good given all the facts we’re seeing”

And once again today, while discussing his new apprenticeship program, he appears to confidently ‘leak’ GDP numbers two weeks early…

“I think some very good numbers are going to be announced, by the way, in the very near future, as to GDP,”

We shall see…

His comments briefly nudged stocks higher…

For now, Q2 does not look good…

And 2017 GDP remains near its lows…

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This original report from Tyler Durden is republished here by TLB from ZeroHedge with our thanks for the coverage.

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