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BEA News: Gross Domestic Product, Third Quarter 2023 (Advance Estimate)

BEA News: Gross Domestic Product, Third Quarter 2023 (Advance Estimate)

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has issued the following news release today:

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 4.9 percent in the third quarter of 2023, according to the “advance” estimate. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 2.1 percent. The increase in the third quarter primarily reflected increases in consumer spending and inventory investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.

The full text of the release can be found at www.bea.gov/news/2023/gross-domestic-product-third-quarter-2023-advance-estimate.

Donato Pompo

Donato Pompo, CTC CMR CSI CDT MBA, is the leading tile and stone forensic expert and consultant in North America, and he is a National Tile Contractors Association Recognized Consultant. Donato is the founder of CTaSC.