Economy Grows By 4.3% In Third Quarter, Strongly Beating Forecasts (UPDATED)
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Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include additional U.S. economic data for the third quarter of 2025.
The U.S. economy continued to show an exceptional resilience in the third quarter.
Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded at an annualized 4.3% rate in the July-to-September period, according to the initial estimate released Tuesday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The figure marks a modest acceleration from the 3.8% growth pace recorded in the second quarter, and came in sharply above estimates of 3.3%. The expansion marked the strongest pace of economic growth since the third quarter of 2023.
Yet inflation pressures also increased. Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) prices rose by an annualized 2.8% rate in the third quarter, accelerating from the previous 2.1%. PCE p
The U.S. economy continued to show an exceptional resilience in the third quarter.
Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded at an annualized 4.3% rate in the July-to-September period, according to the initial estimate released Tuesday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The figure marks a modest acceleration from the 3.8% growth pace recorded in the second quarter, and came in sharply above estimates of 3.3%. The expansion marked the strongest pace of economic growth since the third quarter of 2023.
Yet inflation pressures also increased. Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) prices rose by an annualized 2.8% rate in the third quarter, accelerating from the previous 2.1%. PCE p
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