
QUARTER CAST
To begin with the obvious and certainly the undisputed part of our quarterly forecast: We have crossed the halfway point to the 2017 year. We want to share a few thoughts relative to our original forecast in January of this year and provide some additional comments regarding how we anticipate the balance of the year will unfold from here. As you know, we focus on just three out of nearly countless economic statistical possibilities to focus on what seems most relevant and