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                                                <h1>GDP (Second Estimate) and Corporate Profits, 2nd Quarter 2026
                                                        
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            <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&amp;step=2&amp;isuri=1&amp;categories=survey#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCIxIl1dfQ=="><strong>Real gross domestic product</strong> <strong>(GDP)</strong> increased at an annual rate of 1.5 percent</a> in the second quarter of 2026 (April, May, and June), according to the second estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In the first quarter, real GDP increased 2.1 percent.</p><div class="center_div"><a href="/system/files/gdp2q26-2nd-chart-01.png"><img src="/system/files/gdp2q26-2nd-chart-01.png" data-entity-type="file" alt="Real GDP: Percent Change from Preceding Quarter" width="1116" height="391" class="align-center"></a></div><p>The <a href="https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&amp;step=2&amp;isuri=1&amp;categories=survey#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCIzMiJdXX0=">contributors to the increase in <strong>real GDP</strong></a> in the second quarter were increases in consumer spending, exports, and investment that were partly offset by a decrease in government spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.</p><p><strong>Real GDP</strong> increased at the same rate as in the advance estimate. An upward revision to consumer spending was partly offset by an upward revision to imports. For more information, refer to the "<a href="#TechNote">Technical Notes</a>" below.</p><div class="center_div"><a href="/system/files/gdp2q26-2nd-chart-02.png"><img src="/system/files/gdp2q26-2nd-chart-02.png" data-entity-type="file" alt="Contributions to Percent Change in Real GDP, 2nd Quarter 2026" width="1080" height="521" class="align-center"></a></div><p>Compared to the first quarter, the deceleration in <strong>real GDP</strong> in the second quarter reflected a downturn in government spending and decelerations in investment and exports that were partly offset by an acceleration in consumer spending. Imports increased more in the second quarter than in the first quarter.</p><p><a href="https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&amp;step=2&amp;isuri=1&amp;categories=survey&amp;_gl=1*vvt0u8*_ga*MTQ3OTgwNDE4LjE2NzY5OTYyNTM.*_ga_J4698JNNFT*MTc0NjQ3NDIyMS4xMjc2LjEuMTc0NjQ3NDYxNC40OS4wLjA.#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCIyNiJdXX0="><strong>Real final sales to private domestic purchasers</strong>, the sum of consumer spending and gross private fixed investment, increased 4.2 percent</a> in the second quarter, revised up 0.3 percentage point from the previous estimate.</p><p>The <a href="https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&amp;step=2&amp;isuri=1&amp;categories=survey#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCIzOCJdXX0="><strong>price index for gross domestic purchases</strong> increased 5.8 percent</a> in the second quarter, revised up 0.1 percentage point from the previous estimate. The <strong>personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index</strong> increased 5.3 percent, revised up 0.2 percentage point, and the <strong>PCE price index excluding food and energy</strong> increased 3.6 percent, also revised up 0.2 percentage point.</p><div class="center_div"><a href="/system/files/gdp2q26-2nd-chart-03.png"><img src="/system/files/gdp2q26-2nd-chart-03.png" data-entity-type="file" alt="Quarter-to-Quarter Change in Prices" width="1147" height="521" class="align-center"></a></div><p><a href="https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&amp;step=2&amp;isuri=1&amp;categories=survey&amp;_gl=1*jm01no*_ga*NDE1NTUxNjIyLjE3NjQxNzQzOTE.*_ga_J4698JNNFT*czE3NzQzNjkzOTQkbzQ1JGcxJHQxNzc0MzcwODU5JGo2MCRsMCRoMA..#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCIzMTYiXV19"><strong>Real gross domestic income (GDI)</strong> increased 2.2 percent</a> in the second quarter, compared with an increase of 1.2 percent in the first quarter. The <strong>average of real GDP and real GDI</strong> increased 1.8 percent, compared with an increase of 1.7 percent.</p><p><a href="https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&amp;step=2&amp;isuri=1&amp;categories=survey#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCIyMzkiXV19"><strong>Profits from current production</strong> (corporate profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments) increased $400.9 billion</a> in the second quarter, compared with an increase of $74.4 billion in the first quarter.</p><div class="table-responsive"><table class="table table-sm table-reset"><thead><tr><th class="text-center" colspan="3">Real GDP and Related Measures<br><span>[Percent Change (SAAR) from 2026:Q1 to 2026:Q2]</span></th></tr><tr><th class="text-left">&nbsp;</th><th class="text-center" style="text-align:center;">Advance Estimate</th><th class="text-center" style="text-align:center;">Second Estimate</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th>Real GDP</th><td style="text-align:center;">1.5</td><td style="text-align:center;">1.5</td></tr><tr><th>Current-dollar GDP</th><td style="text-align:center;">7.9</td><td style="text-align:center;">8.0</td></tr><tr><th>Real final sales to private domestic purchasers</th><td style="text-align:center;">3.9</td><td style="text-align:center;">4.2</td></tr><tr><th>Real GDI</th><td style="text-align:center;">…</td><td style="text-align:center;">2.2</td></tr><tr><th>Average of real GDP and real GDI</th><td style="text-align:center;">…</td><td style="text-align:center;">1.8</td></tr><tr><th>Gross domestic purchases price index</th><td style="text-align:center;">5.7</td><td style="text-align:center;">5.8</td></tr><tr><th>PCE price index</th><td style="text-align:center;">5.1</td><td style="text-align:center;">5.3</td></tr><tr><th>PCE price index excluding food and energy</th><td style="text-align:center;">3.4</td><td style="text-align:center;">3.6</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="panel panel-default"><div class="text-align-center panel-heading text-center"><strong>Annual Update of the National and Regional Economic Accounts</strong></div><div class="panel-body"><p>With improvements in the concurrent production of BEA statistics, the 2026 annual updates of national, industry, and regional data will begin on the same day for the first time: September 30, 2026. The annual update of the National Economic Accounts includes GDP, gross domestic income, GDP by industry, monthly personal income and outlays, and related statistics in the National Income and Product Accounts and the Industry Economic Accounts. The update of the Regional Economic Accounts includes GDP by state and by county, personal income by state and by county, and related statistics. For details, refer to "<a href="https://www.bea.gov/information-updates-national-regional-economic-accounts">Information on 2026 Annual Updates to the National, Industry, State, and County Statistics</a>."</p></div></div><div class="panel panel-default" id="Notice"><div class="panel-body text-center">For definitions, statistical conventions, updates to GDP, and more information about national statistics, visit&nbsp;"<a href="/news/gdp-release-additional-information">Additional Information</a>."</div></div><p class="text-align-center text-center">Next release: September 30, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. EDT<br>GDP (Third Estimate), Industries, Corporate Profits, State GDP, and State Personal Income,<br>2nd Quarter 2026; State PCE, 2025</p><hr><h2 class="text-align-center text-center" id="TechNote"><strong>Technical Notes</strong></h2><p><strong>Sources of revision to real GDP in the second estimate</strong><br>Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 1.5 percent (0.4 percent at a quarterly rate <a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title><sup>1</sup></a>) in the second quarter, a downward revision of less than 0.1 percentage point. An upward revision to consumer spending was partly offset by an upward revision to imports.</p><ul><li data-list-item-id="ec38730d9a7ac0720bd0429b5999f01ec">The upward revision to consumer spending reflected an upward revision to services that was partly offset by a downward revision to goods.</li><li data-list-item-id="e39511d899f2b87b5819bd29581257237">Within services, the upward revision was led by health care (mainly hospitals and physician services), based on newly available U.S. Census Bureau Quarterly Services Survey data.</li><li data-list-item-id="e5969af68dc35b9333c92d65b0cad7726">Within goods, the downward revision was led by recreational goods and vehicles (mainly information processing equipment), based on revised U.S. Census Bureau Monthly Retail Trade Survey data for May and June, as well as gasoline and other energy goods, based on newly available Energy Information Administration data for May.</li><li data-list-item-id="efe6ad91605c15a5766f110ef7a8aef3d">For imports, the revision was led by other goods (notably the territorial adjustment for Puerto Rico), primarily reflecting new U.S. Census Bureau trade in goods data for June.<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul><p class="text-align-center"><strong>Related Data Tables</strong></p><p>For the estimates highlighted in this release, as well as historical time series for these estimates, see the following data tables in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bea.gov/itable/national-gdp-and-personal-income">BEA’s Interactive Data Application </a>.</p><p><a href="https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&amp;step=2&amp;isuri=1&amp;categories=survey#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCIxIl1dfQ==">Table 1.1.1. Percent Change From Preceding Period in Real Gross Domestic Product&nbsp;</a><br><a href="https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&amp;step=2&amp;isuri=1&amp;categories=survey#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCIzMiJdXX0=">Table 1.5.2. Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product, Expanded Detail&nbsp;</a><br><a href="https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&amp;step=2&amp;isuri=1&amp;categories=survey#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCIyNiJdXX0=">Table 1.4.1. Percent Change From Preceding Period in Real Gross Domestic Product, Real Gross Domestic Purchases, and Real Final Sales to Domestic Purchasers&nbsp;</a><br><a href="https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&amp;step=2&amp;isuri=1&amp;categories=survey#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCIzOCJdXX0=">Table 1.6.7. Percent Change From Preceding Period in Prices for Gross Domestic Purchases&nbsp;</a><br><a href="https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&amp;step=2&amp;isuri=1&amp;categories=survey&amp;_gl=1*xmaj61*_ga*NDE1NTUxNjIyLjE3NjQxNzQzOTE.*_ga_J4698JNNFT*czE3NzQzNjkzOTQkbzQ1JGcxJHQxNzc0MzczNjk5JGo1MSRsMCRoMA..#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCI0MCJdXX0=">Table 1.7.1. Percent Change From Preceding Period in Real GDP, Real Gross National Product, and Real Net National Product</a>&nbsp;<br><a href="https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&amp;step=2&amp;isuri=1&amp;categories=survey#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCIyMzkiXV19">Table 6.16D. Corporate Profits by Industry</a></p><p><strong>Note.</strong> With the next release of GDP, today’s data will be superseded, and the links above will reflect the latest data. 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