Atlanta Fed keeps U.S. third-quarter GDP growth view at 4.3 percent

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is expanding at a 4.3 percent annualised rate in the third quarter, the Atlanta Federal Reserve's GDPNow forecast model showed on Thursday following the release of the housing starts data for July.

This was unchanged from the GDP growth pace calculated by the regional Fed's forecast programme on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Richard Leong)