by Calculated Risk on 7/27/2017 07:04:00 PM

From Merrill Lynch:

On balance, [inventory] data added 0.3pp to 2Q GDP tracking, bringing us up to 2.4% heading into tomorrow's advance release.

From the Altanta Fed: GDPNow

The final GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2017 is 2.8 percent on July 27, up from 2.5 percent on July 19. The forecast of the contribution of inventory investment to second-quarter growth increased from 0.54 percentage points to 0.82 percentage points after this morning's advance reports on durable manufacturing and wholesale and retail inventories from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Friday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2017 (Advance estimate). The consensus is that real GDP increased 2.6% annualized in Q2, up from 1.4% in Q1.

• At 10:00 AM, University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (final for July). The consensus is for a reading of 93.1, unchanged from the preliminary reading 93.1.