No mention yet of the deficit being too small…

At sub 3% we comply with the Maastricht limits.
Maybe the plan is to join the euro?
Why else would we allow this?
;)

Big snap back in second quarter growth less likely

By Patti Domm

(CNBC) — After a shocking contraction in first quarter GDP, economists on Thursday pared back growth forecasts for the second quarter due to weaker consumer spending.

Consumer spending in May rose just 0.2 percent, half of what was expected, after being flat in April. Spending by consumers accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, and the lowered growth forecasts now raise concerns that the economy will not be able to rebound to the more than a 3 percent growth rate widely expected for the balance of the year.

Goldman Sachs economists trimmed second quarter tracking GDP to 3.5 percent from 4.1 percent, and Barclays economists said tracking GDP for the second quarter fell to 2.9 percent from 4 percent. At a pace below 3 percent, the economy could show contraction for the first half due to the steep first quarter decline of 2.9 percent.

The median estimate for second quarter GDP fell by a half percent to 3 percent, according to the CNBC Rapid Update of economists forecasts.