The New York Federal Reserve on Friday raised its estimate of U.S. gross domestic product growth for the third quarter above 2 percent based on this week's data on retail sales, industrial output and regional manufacturing. The regional central bank's "Nowcast" model calculated the economy was expanding at an annualized pace of 2.09 percent in the third quarter, faster than the 1.96 percent rate a week earlier. "Positive surprises from retail sales, survey, and industrial production data outweighed negative surprises from housing data," the New York Fed said. On Thursday, the Federal Reserve said manufacturing output ... (full story)