Gross Domestic Product (Second Estimate) Corporate Profits (Preliminary Estimate) Third Quarter 2023
Q3 2023 (2nd)
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+5.2%
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Q2 2023 (3rd)
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+2.1%
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Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 5.2 percent in the third quarter of 2023, according to the “second” estimate. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 2.1 percent. The increase in the third quarter primarily reflected increases in consumer spending and inventory investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.
Profits increased 3.3 percent at a quarterly rate in the third quarter after increasing 0.2 percent in the second quarter.
- Current release: November 29, 2023
- Next release: December 21, 2023