Bureau of Economic Analysis · Thursday, October 1, 2026
BEA lifts second-quarter growth to 2.2%
The File desk · Oct 1, 2026, 10:19 AM UTC
Status
Confirmed (Bureau of Economic Analysis third estimate, Sept. 30, 2026, 8:30 a.m. Eastern)
On Sept. 30, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said the economy grew at a 2.2 percent annual rate in April through June. That is up from the prior 1.5 percent estimate. The upward revision mainly reflected higher investment, consumer spending, and government spending. First-quarter growth was revised up to 2.5 percent. The personal consumption expenditures price index rose 5.0 percent in the second quarter at an annual rate. Excluding food and energy, it rose 3.3 percent. The release includes the 2026 annual update of national and state accounts. The next gross domestic product release is Oct. 29, the advance estimate for the third quarter.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis posted the third estimate of second-quarter gross domestic product on Sept. 30, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
The agency said the economy grew at a 2.2 percent annual rate from April through June.
The prior estimate for that quarter was 1.5 percent.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis said the upward revision mainly reflected higher investment, consumer spending, and government spending.
First-quarter growth was revised up to 2.5 percent.
The personal consumption expenditures price index rose 5.0 percent in the second quarter, at an annual rate.
Excluding food and energy, that price index rose 3.3 percent.
The release includes the 2026 annual update of the national and state accounts.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED series for real gross domestic product growth, A191RL1Q225SBEA, shows 2.2 for the second quarter of 2026. The desk’s FRED list dates that update to Sept. 30. That list replaced only the second-quarter point. The chart’s first-quarter point remains the prior snapshot, 2.1.
The same FRED list gives the nominal gross domestic product level for the second quarter as 32,563.030. That level is not a separate chart on this site.
The next gross domestic product release is Oct. 29, the advance estimate for the third quarter.
A PDF of the third estimate is posted with the news release.
Primary sources
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Source 1
Gross Domestic Product (Third Estimate), Industries, Corporate Profits, State GDP, and State Personal Income, 2nd Quarter 2026
Bureau of Economic Analysis · September 30, 2026
Second-quarter growth at a 2.2 percent annual rate, revised up from 1.5 percent. The revision mainly reflected higher investment, consumer spending, and government spending. First-quarter growth revised up to 2.5 percent. Personal consumption expenditures prices rose 5.0 percent in the quarter at an annual rate, and 3.3 percent excluding food and energy. Includes the 2026 annual update. Next release Oct. 29.
https://www.bea.gov/news/2026/gdp-third-estimate-industries-corporate-profits-state-gdp-and-state-personal-income-2nd
Source 2
Gross Domestic Product, Second Quarter 2026 (Third Estimate) (PDF)
Bureau of Economic Analysis · September 30, 2026
PDF of the third estimate posted with the Sept. 30, 2026 news release.
https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2026-09/gdp2q26-3rd.pdf