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Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 2017 (third estimate); Corporate Profits, 1st quarter 2017 (revised estimate)
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.4 percent in the first quarter of 2017 (table 1), according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter of 2016, real GDP increased 2.1 percent. The GDP estimate released today is based on more complete source data than were available for the "second" estimate issued last month. In the second estimate, the increase in real GDP was 1.2 percent. With the third estimate for the first quarter, personal consumption expenditures (PCE) and exports increased more than previously estimated, but the general picture of economic growth remains the same (see "Updates to GDP" on page 2).
Real gross domestic income (GDI) increased 1.0 percent in the first quarter, in contrast to a decrease of
1.4 percent 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 1.2 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 primarily reflected positive contributions from
nonresidential fixed investment, exports, PCE, and residential fixed investment 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.
The deceleration in real GDP in the first quarter reflected a downturn in private inventory investment, a
deceleration in PCE, and a downturn in state and local government spending that were partly offset by
an upturn in exports, an acceleration in nonresidential fixed investment, and a deceleration in imports.
Current-dollar GDP increased 3.4 percent, or $157.7 billion, in the first quarter to a level of $19,027.1
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 2.5 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 2.0 percent, compared with an increase of 1.3 percent (appendix table A).
Updates to GDP
The upward revision to the percent change in real GDP primarily reflected upward revisions to PCE and
to exports which were partly offset by a downward revision to nonresidential fixed 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 Third Estimate
(Percent change from preceding quarter)
Real GDP 0.7 1.2 1.4
Current-dollar GDP 3.0 3.4 3.4
Real GDI --- 0.9 1.0
Average of Real GDP and Real GDI --- 1.0 1.2
Gross domestic purchases price index 2.6 2.6 2.5
PCE price index 2.4 2.4 2.4
Corporate Profits (table 12)
Profits from current production (corporate profits with inventory valuation adjustment and capital
consumption adjustment) decreased $48.4 billion in the first quarter, in contrast to an increase of $11.2
billion in the fourth quarter.
Profits of domestic financial corporations decreased $27.9 billion in the first quarter, in contrast to an
increase of $26.5 billion in the fourth. Profits of domestic nonfinancial corporations decreased $11.1
billion, compared with a decrease of $60.4 billion. The rest-of-the-world component of profits
decreased $9.4 billion, in contrast to 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 $5.3 billion, and payments increased $14.7 billion.
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Next release: July 28, 2017 at 8:30 A.M. EDT
Gross Domestic Product: Second Quarter 2017 (Advance Estimate)
2017 NIPA Annual Update: 2014 through First Quarter 2017
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