Q1 2026 GDP Revised Up to 2.1% in Third Estimate

Washington, DC, June 25, 2026—Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.1% in Q1 2026 (January, February, and March), according to the third estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 

In Q4 2025, real GDP increased 0.5%.

In the second estimate for Q1 2026, the annual rate was 1.6%

The contributors to the increase in real GDP in the first quarter were increases in investment, exports, government spending, and consumer spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.