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Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 2017 (second estimate); Corporate Profits, 1st quarter 2017 (preliminary estimate)
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.2 percent in the first quarter of 2017 (table 1), according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter, real GDP increased 2.1 percent. The GDP estimate released today is based on more complete source data than were available for the "advance" estimate issued last month. In the advance estimate, the increase in real GDP was 0.7 percent. With this second estimate for the first quarter, the general picture of economic growth remains the same; increases in nonresidential fixed investment and in personal consumption expenditures (PCE) were larger and the decrease in state and local government spending was smaller than previously estimated. These revisions were partly offset by a larger decrease in private inventory investment (see "Updates to GDP" on page 2).
Real gross domestic income (GDI) increased 0.9 percent in the first quarter, in contrast to a decrease of
1.4 percent (revised) in the fourth. The average of real GDP and real GDI, a supplemental measure of
U.S. economic activity that equally weights GDP and GDI, increased 1.0 percent in the first quarter,
compared with an increase of 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter (table 1).
Upcoming Annual Update of the National Income and Product Accounts
The annual update of the national income and product accounts, covering the first quarter of 2014
through the first quarter of 2017, will be released along with the "advance" estimate of GDP for the
second quarter of 2017 on July 28. For more information, see “Preview of the 2017 NIPA Annual
Update” included in the May Survey of Current Business article on “GDP and the Economy”.
The increase in real GDP in the first quarter reflected positive contributions from nonresidential fixed
investment, exports, residential fixed investment, and PCE that were partly offset by negative
contributions from private inventory investment, federal government spending, and state and local
government spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased (table 2).
The deceleration in real GDP in the first quarter primarily reflected a downturn in private inventory
investment and a deceleration in PCE that were partly offset by an upturn in exports and an acceleration
in nonresidential fixed investment.
Current-dollar GDP increased 3.4 percent, or $158.2 billion, in the first quarter to a level of $19,027.6
billion. In the fourth quarter, current-dollar GDP increased 4.2 percent, or $194.1 billion (table 1 and
table 3).
The price index for gross domestic purchases increased 2.6 percent in the first quarter, compared with
an increase of 2.0 percent in the fourth quarter (table 4). The PCE price index increased 2.4 percent,
compared with an increase of 2.0 percent. Excluding food and energy prices, the PCE price index
increased 2.1 percent, compared with an increase of 1.3 percent (appendix table A).
Updates to GDP
The percent change in real GDP was revised up from the advance estimate, reflecting upward revisions
to nonresidential fixed investment, PCE, and state and local government spending that were partly
offset by a downward revision to private inventory investment. For more information, see the Technical
Note. For information on updates to GDP, see the “Additional Information” section that follows.
Advance Estimate Second Estimate
(Percent change from preceding quarter)
Real GDP 0.7 1.2
Current-dollar GDP 3.0 3.4
Real GDI … 0.9
Average of Real GDP and Real GDI … 1.0
Gross domestic purchases price index 2.6 2.6
PCE price index 2.4 2.4
For the fourth quarter of 2016, the percent change in real GDI was revised from 1.0 percent to -1.4
percent based on newly available fourth-quarter tabulations from the BLS Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages program.
Corporate Profits (table 12)
Profits from current production (corporate profits with inventory valuation adjustment and capital
consumption adjustment) decreased $40.3 billion in the first quarter, in contrast to an increase of $11.2
billion in the fourth quarter.
Profits of domestic financial corporations decreased $28.4 billion in the first quarter, in contrast to an
increase of $26.5 billion in the fourth quarter. Profits of domestic nonfinancial corporations decreased
$18.4 billion, compared with a decrease of $60.4 billion. The rest-of-the-world component of profits
increased $6.5 billion, compared with an increase of $45.1 billion. This measure is calculated as the
difference between receipts from the rest of the world and payments to the rest of the world. In the
first quarter, receipts increased $11.8 billion, and payments increased $5.3 billion.
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Next release: June 29, 2017 at 8:30 A.M. EDT
Gross Domestic Product: First Quarter 2017 (Third Estimate)
Corporate Profits: First Quarter 2017 (Revised Estimate)
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