U.S. Economic Outlook
Period-Over-Period Annualized Per Cent Change Unless Otherwise Indicated
Economic Indicators          2020 2021 2022 Annual Average 4th Qtr/4th Qtr
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2F Q3F Q4F Q1F Q2F Q3F Q4F 20 21F 22F 20 21F 22F
 Real GDP -5.0 -31.4 33.4 4.3 6.4 10.9 7.3 5.6 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.8 -3.5 6.9 4.3 -2.4 7.5 2.7
                                     
 Consumer Expenditure -6.9 -33.2 41.0 2.3 11.3 12.5 4.0 3.3 4.1 3.5 3.3 3.1 -3.9 8.0 4.1 -2.7 7.7 3.5
Durable Goods             -12.5 -1.7 82.7 -1.1 48.7 17.9 -12.8 -1.6 0.5 1.0 0.3 0.5 6.3 19.9 -0.6 11.6 10.7 0.6
                                     
 Business Investment -6.7 -27.2 22.9 13.1 10.8 7.0 5.5 5.8 4.8 4.9 4.2 4.9 -4.0 8.0 5.1 -1.4 7.2 4.7
Non-Res. Structures -3.7 -33.6 -17.4 -6.2 -5.7 1.7 3.7 0.5 0.3 1.1 1.8 4.3 -11.0 -6.8 1.4 -16.1 0.0 1.9
Equipment & IPP* -7.5 -25.2 36.6 18.3 15.0 8.2 5.9 7.0 5.8 5.8 4.7 5.0 -2.0 11.9 6.0 2.8 8.9 5.3
                                     
 Residential Investment 19.0 -35.5 63.0 36.6 12.7 -4.0 6.3 -1.7 -3.6 -5.3 -4.0 -3.7 6.1 12.6 -2.5 14.3 3.1 -4.2
 Govt. Expenditure 1.3 2.5 -4.8 -0.8 5.7 9.6 -0.4 1.1 0.0 1.7 -0.1 2.0 1.1 2.6 1.2 -0.5 3.9 0.9
 Final Domestic Demand -4.6 -27.1 29.8 4.4 10.3 10.5 3.5 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.5 2.8 -2.7 7.2 3.5 -1.5 6.8 2.9
                                     
 Exports                   -9.5 -64.4 59.6 22.3 -2.9 14.5 7.5 8.6 8.0 7.1 6.6 6.3 -12.9 6.2 8.0 -10.9 6.7 7.0
 Imports                   -15.0 -54.1 93.0 29.9 6.7 9.3 8.4 6.9 4.9 4.1 3.5 3.0 -9.3 13.4 5.5 -0.5 7.8 3.9
                                     
 Change in Private                                    
 Inventories -80.9 -287.0 -3.7 62.1 -92.9 -99.1 78.0 190.5 172.5 150.7 134.6 117.8 -77.4 19.1 143.9 -- -- --
 Final Sales -3.6 -28.1 25.9 2.9 9.4 11.1 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.3 2.8 3.2 -2.9 6.3 3.7 -2.7 6.6 3.2
                                     
 International Current                                    
 Account Balance ($Bn) -458 -653 -724 -754 -836 -823 -837 -820 -813 -794 -769 -741 -647 -829 -779 -- -- --
% of GDP  -2.1 -3.3 -3.4 -3.5 -3.8 -3.6 -3.5 -3.4 -3.3 -3.2 -3.1 -2.9 -3.1 -3.6 -3.1 -- -- --
 Pre-tax Corporate Profits                                    
 including IVA&CCA -39.9 -35.2 163.1 -5.3 0.0 47.5 4.1 21.0 1.9 3.1 2.9 2.4 -5.8 18.6 8.2 -0.7 16.7 2.6
% of GDP  9.4 9.4 11.0 10.7 10.4 11.0 10.8 11.1 11.0 11.0 10.9 10.9 10.1 10.8 10.9 -- -- --
 GDP Deflator (y/y) 1.7 0.6 1.1 1.3 2.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.7 2.7 2.5 2.4 1.2 3.5 2.8 1.3 4.1 2.4
 Nominal GDP  -3.4 -32.8 38.4 6.3 11.0 18.0 10.8 8.1 5.6 5.4 4.8 5.1 -2.3 10.7 7.2 -1.2 11.9 5.2
                                     
 Labor Force -1.4 -13.2 5.6 0.7 -0.7 1.9 4.7 1.7 1.6 1.1 1.4 1.1 -1.7 0.8 1.9 -2.3 1.9 1.3
 Employment  0.3 -40.0 23.3 5.1 2.1 4.4 6.4 5.0 3.6 2.9 2.4 2.0 -5.7 2.7 3.8 -6.0 4.4 2.7
 Change in Empl. ('000s)  132 -18201 7195 1759 736 1538 2252 1799 1321 1063 888 758 -8648 3832 5611 -9115 6325 4030
 Unemployment Rate (%)  3.8 13.0 8.8 6.7 6.2 5.8 5.5 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.5 8.1 5.6 3.9 -- -- --
 Personal Disp. Income  3.9 46.2 -14.4 -6.2 67.7 -22.7 -7.0 -1.8 6.4 4.9 4.4 3.7 7.2 6.5 0.3 5.1 4.3 4.8
 Pers. Savings Rate (%)  9.6 26.0 15.7 13.6 21.4 12.5 9.3 7.5 7.5 7.3 7.1 6.8 16.2 12.7 7.2 -- -- --
 Cons. Price Index (y/y) 2.1 0.4 1.3 1.2 1.9 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.7 2.4 2.0 2.2 1.2 3.7 2.6 1.2 4.0 2.2
 Core CPI (y/y) 2.2 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.4 3.6 3.5 3.8 4.2 3.0 2.7 2.6 1.7 3.1 3.1 1.6 3.8 2.6
 Core PCE Price Index (y/y) 1.8 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.6 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.7 2.8 2.5 2.3 1.4 3.0 2.8 1.4 3.7 2.3
 Housing Starts (mns)  1.49 1.09 1.44 1.58 1.60 1.61 1.59 1.57 1.55 1.53 1.52 1.51 1.40 1.59 1.53 -- -- --
 Real Output per hour** (y/y) 0.8 3.0 4.0 2.6 4.1 3.0 2.6 4.0 2.6 1.0 0.4 0.3 2.6 3.4 1.0 2.6 4.0 0.3
F: Forecast by TD Economics as at June 2021. 
* Intellectual Property Products. ** Non-farm business sector.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Census Bureau, TD Economics.