Kevin Hassett

US real GDP growth will be very high in the second half of 2020 (Q3 and Q4), above pre-pandemic quarterly growth rates.

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“make the case for very, very high growth in the second half of the year.”
Said on
28 April 2020 · CNN Newsroom interview with Poppy Harlow (rush transcript) as White House senior economic adviser; he cited the CBO forecast that Q3 and Q4 2020 growth would exceed recent quarters.
Source
CNN Newsroom transcript: Interview with Economic Advisor Kevin Hassett · CNN
Should come true
Q4 2020
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make the case for
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EconomyHealth
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3 of 5 · Forecast of the US economy's recovery path from the COVID-19 shutdown.

Outcome

Accurate Happened 31 December 2020.

BEA's advance estimates showed real GDP growing at a record 33.1 percent annual rate in Q3 2020 and 4.0 percent in Q4 2020, both above typical pre-pandemic quarterly growth. Much of this was a rebound from the Q2 collapse.

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