Do you want to come up to my room, bouncy bouncy?

Earlier this year I talked about "payback" -- about how unseasonably warm conditions in the US in the first few months of the year brought forward spending and investment, which had to be "paid for" with slower growth in the second and third quarters.  Growth duly slowed, but then the question became whether the slowdown was the prelude to yet another dip.

It seems now that growth has re accelerated in the US:

• The ISM data showed a rebound in September;
• The unemployment rate declined sharply.  And no, that wasn't because Obama was manipulating the figures;
• Payrolls re-accelerated, and even more significant, the two previous months' data were revised up;
• Housing data continue to strengthen (starts, prices, sales) and the 30 year mortgage rate continues to slide.
• Now (yesterday's release), initial unemployment insurance claims have fallen sharply and unexpectedly.  Could be dodgy seasonal adjustment (it's notoriously difficult to seasonally adjust weekly data); it could be just random wobbles.  We'll see next week.  There'll be a rebound, surely.  The key will be how much.

[chart courtesy Econoday]