Elon Musk calls for GDP growth above 3.3% next year, well above consensus
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on September 30, 2026.
A 3.3% real GDP call for next year sits far above mainstream forecasts, and it lands the same day Q2 growth was revised up to 2.2% and core PCE came in at 3.0% versus 3.3% expected.
My guess for real GDP growth next year is >50% higher than 2026, so >3.3% https://t.co/LpQ0spojZP [Quoted @DavidSacks]: Today’s economic numbers: — Q2 GDP revised up to 2.2% (was 1.5%). — Core PCE 3.0% vs 3.3% expected. — ADP private jobs +90k vs ~68k expected. Growth beat. Inflation cooled. Jobs better than expected. The Trump economy is strong.
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Musk posted his forecast on September 30, the same day a batch of economic data came in broadly better than expected, with Q2 GDP revised up to 2.2%. Core PCE and ADP private payrolls also came in ahead of expectations.
David Sacks, whose post Musk quoted, framed the numbers as a clean sweep: growth beat, inflation cooled, and jobs outperformed. Musk built his forecast directly off the 2026 figure, arguing that next year's real GDP growth will be more than 50% higher than 2026's pace, putting it above 3.3%.
A forecast at that level would represent a meaningful acceleration from the revised Q2 reading and sits well above where mainstream projections have clustered. Musk offered it as a personal guess rather than a formal estimate, but the framing tied it explicitly to the day's data revisions.
The post drew nearly 469,000 impressions, reflecting the degree to which an economic call from a figure of Musk's visibility moves beyond social commentary and into market conversation. Investors tracking sentiment around growth expectations will note the timing against the PCE and GDP releases.