The economy performed better in the second quarter of 2025 than previously projected, according to revised statistics released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 
The second quarter (April, May, and June) saw a 3.8% increase in gross domestic product, according to the latest revision. Previously released estimates for growth initially came in at 3% and then at 3.3%. 
“The increase in real GDP in the second quarter primarily reflected a decrease in imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, and an increase in consumer spending,” the bureau <a href="https://www.bea.gov/news/2025/gross-domestic-product-2nd-quarter-2025-third-estimate-gdp-industry-corporate-profits">said</a>. “These movements were partly offset by decreases in investment and exports.”
The bureau attributed the increase in GDP primarily to a rise in consumer spending. In the first quarter, GDP declined 0.6% after a surge in imports. 
Sectors that saw significant growth in the second quarter included finance and insurance, information, nondurable goods manufacturing, real estate, healthcare, mining, wholesale trade, and construction. Retail trade, federal government, educational services, and local government all saw declining productivity. 
The White House celebrated the revisions, saying that they reflected the success of President Donald Trump’s economic policies. 
“America’s economic resurgence under President Trump continues: revised data show even stronger real GDP growth of 3.8 percent in Q2 2025 thanks to the Trump agenda of tax cuts, deregulation, tariffs, and energy abundance. And this is just the beginning: new data from today also shows core capital goods orders beat expectations, paving the way for robust investment growth in Q3,” <a href="https://x.com/KushDesai47/status/1971208450311958919">said</a> White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai. 
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“President Trump pledged to Make America Wealthy Again, and with Joe Biden’s inflation crisis tamed, we are now laying the groundwork for a long-term restoration of American Greatness,” Desai added. 
Numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/real-progress-here-wholesale-inflation-drops-in-august-stunning-economists?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘Real+Progress+Here’%3A+Wholesale+Inflation+Drops+In+August%2C+Stunning+Economists">released</a> earlier this month showed that inflation dropped significantly in August, below what economists had expected. The agency reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) came in at 2.6% year-over-year, far below the 3.3% rise that was forecasted, according to Barron’s. 

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