Trump said to be telling associates of a 4.8% GDP print for Q2 - report

Fox report from Charlie Gasparino

The advance reading on Q2 GDP is due on July 27 and the current consensus is for 4.2%.

Gasparino is a reliable reporter. It's going to look really bad for the White House if Trump is leaking economic data.

To my mind, this would be one of the worst things that Trump is accused of. Leaking market moving data days before it's released is inexcusable.

Here's the Fox Business report:

Trump and his economic team are increasingly convinced the GDP numbers will be strong; the president's economic advisers are privately telling associates that GDP growth should rise to 4.3% to 4.4% for the second quarter of this year, these people add. President Trump is even more optimistic, telling one associate he expects second quarter GDP to rise to as much as 4.8% in the second quarter.