"further and faster than anyone expected"???

May GDP was a big disappointment. June was a bit above the Reuters poll consensus. July was pretty much exactly as expected.

Does this look to you like the economy has massively exceeded forecasts?
Saying you think the recovery hasn't been given enough credit - fine. No problem there.

But "further and faster than anyone expected"?
Why, here's JPMorgan, who expected a further and faster recovery each month
Here's RBC, who expected a further and faster recovery each month
Here's Nomura, who expected a faster recovery than the one we had
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