GDP and the Economy: Third Estimates for the Second Quarter of 2019

摘要

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in the second quarter of 2019, according to the third estimates of the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs) (chart 1 and table 1). With the third estimate, real GDP growth for the second quarter was the same as in the second estimate issued last month (see "Updates"). In the first quarter of 2019, real GDP increased 3.1 percent.