Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.1 percent in the third quarter of 2019, according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The growth rate was 0.2 percentage point higher than the “advance” estimate released in October. In the second quarter, real GDP rose 2.0 percent.
GDP highlights
The third-quarter increase in real GDP reflected increases in consumer spending, government spending, housing investment, inventory investment, and exports, while business investment decreased. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.