Latest forecast: 2.3 percent ? July 27, 2016 https://www.frbatlanta.org/cqer/research/gdpnow.aspx?panel=1 The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2016 is 2.3 percent on July 27, down from 2.4 percent on July 19. After this morning's advance durable manufacturing report from the U.S. Census Bureau, the forecast for second-quarter real equipment investment growth declined from ?1.2 percent to ?1.9 percent and the forecast of the contribution of inventory investment to real GDP growth declined from ?0.57 percentage points to ?0.63 percentage points.