Its worth paying attention to the global shipper, it does see good flow information on the economy!
Its forecasts for GDP ....
Sees US growth at 2.3% in 2017 (up from its previous forecast at 2.2%)
- 2018 at 2.5% (from 2.4%)
Sees global growth at 3% in 2017 and in 2018 (from 2.9%)
FedEx add that US tax reform could be a material boost to US GDP