Gross Domestic Product, 3rd Quarter 2020 (Second Estimate); Corporate Profits, 3rd Quarter 2020 (Preliminary Estimate)

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 33.1 percent in the third quarter of 2020, as efforts continued to reopen businesses and resume activities that were postponed or restricted due to COVID-19. The increase is the same as in the 'advance' estimate released in October. In the second quarter of 2020, real GDP decreased 31.4 percent. Profits increased 27.1 percent at a quarterly rate in the third quarter after decreasing 10.3 percent in the second quarter. Corporate profits increased 3.3 percent in the third quarter from one year ago. Profits were impacted by provisions from the Paycheck Protection Program. Full Text

Published November 25, 2020 at 09:30PM
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