{"id":231748,"date":"2025-10-03T12:28:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=231748"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:08:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:08:57","slug":"forecast-traders-expect-another-buoyant-us-gdp-print-for-q3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/forecast-trader\/forecast-traders-expect-another-buoyant-us-gdp-print-for-q3\/","title":{"rendered":"Forecast Traders Expect Another Buoyant US GDP Print for Q3: Oct. 3, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our prediction market participants project that the US economy will grow an impressive 3.1% in the third quarter, even though this pace would mark a deceleration from the previous period, when GDP came in at 3.8%. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Fed\u2019s popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafed.org\/cqer\/research\/gdpnow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GDPNow<\/a> gauge reflects steady advancement, pointing to another 3.8% for the upcoming print. Investors that expect that a reeaceleration started in the second-half of this year after the turbulent first six months may want to consider the <a href=\"https:\/\/forecasttrader.interactivebrokers.com\/eventtrader\/?loginType=1&amp;forwardTo=100&amp;clt=0&amp;ip2loc=OFF&amp;locale=en_US#\/market-details?id=712856689%7C20251219%7C3.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cYes\u201d <\/a>contracts at the 3.1% and 3.5% thresholds. They are priced at $0.50 and $0.33 and would each pay out $1.00 on numbers exceeding 3.1% and 3.5%. The $0.83 total cost for both instruments would deliver $2.00 on a result at 3.6% or greater, or $1.00 on a figure at 3.2% or higher. 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