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Economic impact of Hurricane Sandy likely to be small

The flooding and power outages across large parts of the East Coast mean that Hurricane Sandy will undoubtedly hit economic output in the short-term. Some of that output will be made up before the end of the current quarter, however, and when we factor in the boost to GDP growth from the clean up, the overall economic impact is likely to be very modest.

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