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Technical Note
Gross Domestic Product
Second Quarter of 2010 (Third Estimate)
September 30, 2010
This technical note provides background information about the source data and
estimating methods used to produce the estimates presented in the GDP news
release. The complete set of estimates for the second quarter is available on
BEA's Web site at www.bea.gov; a brief summary of "highlights" is also posted
on the Web site. In a few weeks, the estimates will be published in BEA's
monthly journal, the Survey of Current Business, along with a more detailed
analysis of the estimates ("GDP and the Economy").
Sources of Revision to Real GDP
Real GDP increased 1.7 percent (annual rate) in the second quarter, which was
0.1 percentage point more than last month’s estimate. The upward revision to
GDP reflected upward revisions to inventory investment and to consumer
spending that were partly offset by an upward revision to imports.
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The upward revision to private inventory investment reflected revised
Census inventory data for June.
The upward revision to consumer spending primarily reflected the
incorporation of newly available quarterly services survey data for the
second quarter from the Census Bureau.
The upward revision to imports reflected revised Census goods data for
June and a revised BEA adjustment for gold, which was based on data
from the U.S. Geological Survey and from a trade source. (The national
income and product accounts exclude gold exports and imports not
directly related to domestic production or consumption.)
The price index for gross domestic purchases—the prices paid by U.S. residents
for goods and services wherever produced—increased 0.1 percent in the second
quarter, the same increase as in the “second” estimate.
Corporate Profits
Profits from current production increased $47.5 billion, or 3.0 percent (quarterly
rate), in the second quarter. Domestic profits of financial corporations decreased
$3.4 billion, domestic profits of nonfinancial corporations increased $48.2 billion,
and rest-of-the-world profits increased $2.8 billion in the second quarter.
Brent R. Moulton
Associate Director for National Economic Accounts
Bureau of Economic Analysis
(202) 606-9606
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