US: Growth likely to slow - NAB

In view of Tony Kelly, senior economist at National Australia Bank, US growth is expected to slow over the rest of 2019 due to a fading of last year’s fiscal stimulus, the lagged effects of past monetary policy tightening and the market turbulence of late last year, as well as supply constraints.

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“The escalation in the US-China trade dispute is a further headwind, and led us to reduce our GDP growth forecasts by around 0.2ppts.”