bump.
This surprising move means that next year’s shortfalls should be unexpectedly smaller than expected, unless the fact that they are adjusting their forecasts downward means that we can expect next year’s surprises to be bigger than previously expected, in which case the expected shortfalls can be expected to be reported as “unexpected” by the same margins as seen in every economic report this year.
I’m thinking 1.7% growth rate is even too optimistic.