Us Gdp 2024 Q2. Real gross domestic product (gdp) increased at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2024, according to the “advance” estimate. That was up from a 2 percent growth rate in the first.

Economy grew at a 2.8% annualized rate in the second quarter—a faster rate than economists expected as consumer spending increased and businesses built up inventories, the commerce department said on thursday. Economic activity in the u.s.