Q4 GDP Revised Up to 1.4% Annual Rate

From the BEA: Gross Domestic Product: Fourth Quarter 2015 (Third Estimate)

Real gross domestic product -- the value of the goods and services produced by the nation's economy less the value of the goods and services used up in production, adjusted for price changes -- increased at an annual rate of 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.0 percent.

The GDP estimate released today is based on more complete source data than were available for the "second" estimate issued last month. In the second estimate, the increase in real GDP was 1.0 percent. With this third estimate for the fourth quarter, the general picture of economic growth remains largely the same; personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased more than previously estimated ...
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Here is a Comparison of Third and Second Estimates. PCE growth was revised up from 2.0% to 2.4%. Residential investment was revised up from 8.0% to 10.1%.  This was above the consensus forecast.

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