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US GDP Growth Rate (Third Estimate)

US GDP Growth Rate (Third Estimate) 22 December 2021

US GDP Growth Rate (Third Estimate) 22 December 2021: 2.3% for Q3 2021, above the 2.1% forecast and against 6.7% in Q1 2021 (first reported as 6.4%). It is the lowest reading since Q1 2020. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Wed 22 Dec 2021 at 13:30 UTC (8:30 AM ET).

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
2.3%
Q3 2021
Forecast
2.1%
The market consensus
Previous
6.7%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: The dollar may strengthen if growth is revised up enough to shift expectations for Fed easing.

US GDP Growth Rate (Third Estimate) 22 December 2021: 2.3% for Q3 2021 against a 2.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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US GDP Growth Rate (Third Estimate) 22 December 2021: 2.3% vs 2.1% forecast (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/us-gdp/2021-12-22

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
22 Dec 2021Q32.3%2.1%6.7%
24 Jun 2021Q16.4%6.4%4.3%
25 Mar 2021Q44.3%4.1%33.4%
22 Dec 2020Q333.4%33.1%-31.4%
25 Jun 2020Q1-5%-5%2.1%
26 Mar 2020Q42.1%2.1%2.1%
28 Mar 2019Q42.2%2.4%3.4%
28 Mar 2018Q42.9%2.7%3.2%
30 Mar 2017Q42.1%2%3.5%
25 Mar 2016Q41.4%1%2.0%
24 Jun 2015Q1-0.2%-0.2%2.2%
27 Mar 2015Q42.2%2.2%5.0%
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