Latest U.S. real GDP growth rate, from BEA's National Income and Product Accounts.
Returns the annualized quarter-over-quarter growth rate for the most recent quarter (the headline "how is the economy growing" number), plus the prior two quarters for trend context. BEA publishes this table as a percent-change series already, so no growth-rate math is needed here.
When to use: reading the pace of economic growth, recession-risk context (two consecutive negative quarters), or macro backdrop for a market decision.
When NOT to use: you need GDP in dollar levels, expenditure-component detail (consumption, investment, government, net exports), or real-time/nowcast estimates (this is BEA's official, lagged release).
Args: none.
Returns structuredContent:
{
"asOf": "2026Q2",
"growthAnnualizedPercent": 1.5,
"priorQuarters": [
{ "quarter": "2026Q1", "growthAnnualizedPercent": 2.1 },
{ "quarter": "2025Q4", "growthAnnualizedPercent": 0.5 }
],
"source": "https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product"
}
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