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Thursday, June 29, 2023

Q1 GDP Growth Revised Up to 2.0% Annual Rate

by Calculated Risk on 6/29/2023 08:34:00 AM

From the BEA: Gross Domestic Product (Third Estimate), Corporate Profits (Revised Estimate), and GDP by Industry, First Quarter 2023

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in the first quarter of 2023, according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter, real GDP increased 2.6 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 1.3 percent. The updated estimates primarily reflected upward revisions to exports and consumer spending that were partly offset by downward revisions to nonresidential fixed investment and federal government spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, were revised down (refer to "Updates to GDP").

The increase in real GDP in the first quarter reflected increases in consumer spending, exports, state and local government spending, federal government spending, and nonresidential fixed investment that were partly offset by decreases in private inventory investment and residential fixed investment. Imports increased .
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Here is a Comparison of Third and Second Estimates. PCE growth was revised up from 3.8% to 4.2%. Residential investment was revised up from -5.4% to -4.0%.