Brad Setser

Brad Setser

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Brad W. Setser is an American economist. He is a former Counselor to the U.S. Trade Representative, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, and Director of International Economics for the U.S. National Economic Council and National Security Council.1

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142 posts in the last 7 weeks peak 11 in a day
Sep 18: 2 postsSep 19: 1 postSep 20: 1 postSep 22: 2 postsSep 23: 1 postSep 24: 3 postsSep 25: 5 postsSep 26: 1 postSep 27: 4 postsSep 28: 2 postsSep 29: 3 postsSep 30: 3 postsOct 1: 6 postsOct 2: 1 postOct 3: 1 postOct 5: 11 postsOct 6: 7 postsOct 7: 5 postsOct 8: 6 postsOct 9: 4 postsOct 10: 3 postsOct 11: 5 postsOct 12: 3 postsOct 13: 2 postsOct 14: 2 postsOct 15: 6 postsOct 16: 2 postsOct 20: 4 postsOct 21: 8 postsOct 23: 2 postsOct 24: 2 postsOct 25: 4 postsOct 27: 1 postOct 28: 3 postsOct 29: 3 postsOct 30: 4 postsNov 2: 3 postsNov 3: 2 postsNov 4: 2 postsNov 5: 5 postsNov 6: 7 posts
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Commerce Department reports Q3 GDP grew 3.4%

Grouped with voices who said: The headline number masks weaker underlying trends

1.5 pp of the q3 GDP increase v q2 was inventories. Smooth out the q2 drop and inventories are stil contributing a pp over q2 and q3. Take that out and q3 growth is solid but not… View on X

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