National Income and Product Accounts, Gross Domestic Product, 3rd Quarter 2013 (Third Estimate), Corporate Profits, 3rd Quarter (revised estimate)

Real gross domestic product–the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States–increased at an annual rate of 4.1 percent in the third quarter of 2013 (that is, from the second quarter to the third quarter), according to the “third” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.  In the second quarter, real GDP increased 2.5 percent.