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How do I interpret that Q4 to Q1 sawtooth? End-of-year bonuses paying off debt?
by lainga 3y ago
How do I interpret that Q4 to Q1 sawtooth? End-of-year bonuses paying off debt?
- mikeyouse 3y agoNope - or maybe I guess - but as an input into GDP instead of debt. Non-seasonally adjusted GDP has that same pattern, Q4 is almost always higher than Q1 so the version you usually see for GDP is seasonally adjusted (Red is adjusted, blue is the 'raw' GDP figure). https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1b3ZV https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1b3ZV
- HDThoreaun 3y agoQ4 always has the highest GDP. presumably because of holiday spending.