02.28.2018
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its “second” estimate of fourth quarter 2017 Gross Domestic Product. The second estimate is based on data that is more complete than the “advance” estimate. The second estimate shows that real GDP increased at an annual rate of 2.5 percent during the fourth quarter of 2017.
The increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter reflected increases in personal consumption expenditures nonresidential fixed investment residential fixed investment federal government spending and state and local government spending. These increases were partly offset by a decrease in private inventory investment. Imports which is subtracted in the GDP calculation increased.
The full BEA press release on the second estimate of fourth quarter GDP can be accessed in the link below:
The next release—for the third estimate of fourth quarter GDP 2017 and the fourth quarter corporate profits will be released on March 28 2018.
