Upward revisions to exports and investment contributed to the higher adjustment to third-quarter growth.
Shoppers on Black Friday at a mall in Bethesda, Md., on Nov. 28, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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The U.S. economy grew more strongly in the third quarter than initially estimated, driven by solid consumer spending and a pickup in exports.
Real gross domestic product (GDP) rose at an annual rate of 4.4 percent during the July–September period, according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis released on Jan. 22.
Andrew Moran has been writing about business, economics, and finance for more than a decade. He is the author of “The War on Cash.”
