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The U.S. economic system grew at a quicker price than beforehand thought within the second quarter after the Commerce Division launched its first revision of actual gross home product (GDP) development for the newest quarter.
The Bureau of Financial Evaluation (BEA) launched its second estimate of Q2 GDP, which confirmed the economic system grew at a 3.3% price. That determine was quicker than the three.1% estimate of economists polled by LSEG, and above the Commerce Division’s preliminary Q2 GDP estimate of three%.
In line with the BEA, the revision stemmed primarily from upward revisions to funding and shopper spending that have been partly offset by downward revisions to authorities spending in addition to an upward revision to imports.
The expansion in Q2 follows a GDP contraction of 0.5% within the first quarter, which leaves GDP development within the first half of 2025 at an annualized price of about 1.4%.
US ECONOMY SHRANK 0.5% IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025 AMID TARIFF UNCERTAINTY
The U.S. economic system’s development within the second quarter adopted a contraction within the first quarter. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
The BEA will launch its closing estimate of Q2 GDP on Sept. 25, which may additional revise the financial development determine.
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