We’ve entered the year’s last quarter. This means we abandon the old forecast, and start booking a new vintage: the 2018Q4 forecast. We’re trying to forecast how much nominal income growth there’ll be in one year’s time. It is now Q4 of 2017, thus Q4 of 2018 is the number we seek to hit. The new forecast is coming in only a bit ‘lower’ than the previous vintage. About 4% vs about 4.1% in the old vintage. Keep in mind the gap between in forecast vintages in the plot above, does not imply a change in outlook. It’s simply a…
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