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Real GDP measures output after adjusting for price changes. The annualized growth rate describes what a quarter’s pace would look like over a full year. It is not the actual year-over-year change.
Numbers tell a bigger story.
Reported snapshot · does not accrue with time
What makes this number move?
Reporting period: 2026 Q2
Changes when a new source observation is loaded.
Read the BEA real GDP annualized quarterly growth rate and the same release’s revised preceding quarter.
Annualized quarter-over-quarter change, not year-over-year growth or current-dollar GDP.
Real GDP · annualized quarterly growth over time
Published values in the current source vintage. The line joins observations; it does not show a historical WN forecast.
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| Period | Official value (percent) |
|---|---|
| 2026 Q1 | 2.5% |
| 2026 Q2 | 2.2% |
EXPLORE THE SCALE
What changed in the reported observations?
Real GDP · annualized quarterly growth
2026 Q1: 2.5% → 2026 Q2: 2.2%.
Difference: -0.3 percentage-point comparison; subtract the two published percentage rates. This compares the first and last observations in this board’s displayed series, not necessarily consecutive periods or the same seasonal window. Check the source vintage and units before interpreting the change.
READING THIS BOARD
Is GDP the amount of money people have?
GDP measures production over a period. It is not household wealth, government revenue or the money supply.
Make a fair comparison
Compare real GDP for changes in output and nominal GDP for current-dollar scale. Check annualized rates versus actual period totals.
How this number works
Read the BEA real GDP annualized quarterly growth rate and the same release’s revised preceding quarter.
Annualized quarter-over-quarter change, not year-over-year growth or current-dollar GDP.
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Real GDP · annualized quarterly growth
- Period
- 2026 Q2
- Source release date
- 2026-09-30
- Version
- Official source import · 2026 Q2
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-26T15:30:31.444Z