Gross Domestic Product, Third Quarter 2024 (Second Estimate) and Corporate Profits (Preliminary)

Q3 2024 (2nd)
+2.8%
Q2 2024
+3.0%

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the third quarter of 2024, according to the “second” estimate. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 3.0 percent. The increase in the third quarter primarily reflected increases in consumer spending, exports, federal government spending, and business investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.

  • Current release: November 27, 2024
  • Next release: December 19, 2024

What is Gross Domestic Product?

A comprehensive measure of U.S. economic activity. GDP measures the value of the final goods and services produced in the United States (without double counting the intermediate goods and services used up to produce them). Changes in GDP are the most popular indicator of the nation's overall economic health.

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