The data this week confirmed that retail sales rose strongly in September and industrial production suffered only modestly from hurricane and strike disruption, with our third-quarter GDP growth estimate still at 3.5% annualised. That said, with the full effects of those disruptions still to feed through, the data for October are likely to be weaker.
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