According to the third and final estimate of the US Commerce Department, real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at a 2.1% rate. The indicator coincided with the forecasts of analysts and the second estimate. According to the first estimate, the growth of the US economy in the reporting period amounted to 1.9%.
In the first quarter of this year, the country's GDP growth in annual terms amounted to 3.1%, in the second – 2%. The indicators for 2018 were as follows: 2.5% growth in the first quarter, in the second – 3.5%, in the third – 2.9%, and in the fourth – 1.1%.
