Atlanta Fed: GDPNow estimate for real GDP growth in Q4 rises to 3% from 2.6%

"The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2018 is 3.0 percent on November 1, up from 2.6 percent on October 29," the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta announced on Thursday.

"The nowcasts of fourth-quarter real consumer spending growth and fourth-quarter real private fixed investment growth increased from 2.8 percent and 3.9 percent, respectively, to 2.9 percent and 5.2 percent, respectively, after this morning's construction spending report from the U.S. Census Bureau and this morning’s Manufacturing ISM Report On Business from the Institute for Supply Management."