BEA News: Gross Domestic Product, Third Quarter 2024 (Advance Estimate)

BEA News: Gross Domestic Product, Third Quarter 2024 (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 2.8 percent in the third quarter of 2024, according to the “advance” estimate. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 3.0 percent. The increase in the third quarter primarily reflected increases in consumer spending, exports, and federal government spending. 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/2024/gross-domestic-product-third-quarter-2024-advance-estimate