It appears that nothing at all is going on. The old (“removed”) data seems to be forecasts, by date of forecast, of Q2 GDP. The new graph is forecasts of Q3 GDP. This is very cleverly hidden in the title of the graph, where no reader could possibly be expected to look. I imagine the forecasters didn’t start forecasting Q3 GDP in time for, say, an April 7 data point to ever have existed in the first place. So I would rank the surface appearance of sinisterness at approximately zero.
But maybe it is indeed even less sinister. The Atlanta Fed GDPNow site seems to have fairly extensive historical data linked near the bottom of the page.
So really the only thing to see here is that the Atlanta Fed has been reusing the same file name for updated versions of their PDF deck instead of making a new filename every week.
But maybe it is indeed even less sinister. The Atlanta Fed GDPNow site seems to have fairly extensive historical data linked near the bottom of the page.
So really the only thing to see here is that the Atlanta Fed has been reusing the same file name for updated versions of their PDF deck instead of making a new filename every week.