US Economy Grew 2.2% in Q2 2026, BEA Final Estimate Shows
Real GDP expanded at a 2.2% annual rate in the second quarter of 2026, driven by consumer spending, investment, and exports.
The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in the second quarter of 2026, according to the third and final estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, a modest deceleration from the revised 2.5 percent growth recorded in the first quarter.
Consumer spending, business investment, and exports were the primary engines behind the second-quarter expansion. Rising imports, which are subtracted from the GDP calculation, partially offset those gains — a dynamic that typically signals robust domestic demand even as it weighs on the headline figure.
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State-level data revealed a wide geographic divergence in economic performance. New York led all states with a 4.0 percent increase in real GDP, while West Virginia posted the steepest contraction at a 2.3 percent decline, underscoring the uneven nature of the national recovery across regional economies.
The BEA's third estimate incorporates the most complete set of source data available for the quarter, making it the definitive reading on output for the April-through-June period. The report also included industry-level GDP figures, corporate profits data, state personal income, and state personal consumption expenditures for 2025, providing a comprehensive snapshot of economic conditions across sectors and regions.
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