Fourth Quarter 2024, Advance Estimate

Released January 30, 2025


From Q3 2024 to Q4 2024:




Table 1. Gross domestic product

Q4 2024 Q3 2024 Chg. from Q3 2024 Q4 2023 Chg. from Q4 2023
Size of the U.S. Economy
Nominal GDP $29.701T $29.375T $325.666B $28.297T $1.404T
Real GDP $23.531T $23.400T $130.615B $22.961T $570.309B


Table 2. Contributions to real gross domestic product growth

Q4 2024 Q3 2024 Chg. from Q3 2024
Quarterly growth rate, annualized (pp)
Nominal GDP 4.5 5.0 -0.5pp
– GDP deflator 2.2 1.9 0.3pp
= Real GDP 2.3 3.1 -0.8pp
Contribution of subcomponents (pp)
Consumer spending 2.8 2.5 0.3pp
Nonresidential fixed investment -0.3 0.6 -0.9pp
Residential investment 0.2 -0.2 0.4pp
Change in private inventories -0.9 -0.2 -0.7pp
Net exports 0.0 -0.4 0.4pp
Government spending 0.4 0.9 -0.5pp
Total real GDP growth 2.3 3.1 -0.8pp
Subcomponent growth rates (pp)
Consumption 4.2 3.7 0.5pp
Investment -5.6 0.8 -6.4pp
Exports -0.8 9.6 -10.4pp
Imports -0.8 10.7 -11.5pp
Government expenditures 2.5 5.1 -2.6pp


Upcoming releases


Date Time Release Data source
Jan 31 08:30 AM Monthly Expenditures Update, December 2024 Bureau of Economic Analysis
Feb 07 08:30 AM Monthly Employment Update, January 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics
Feb 07 10:00 AM Monthly Debt Update, February 2025 U.S. Treasury
Feb 12 08:30 AM Monthly Inflation Update, January 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics
Feb 13 10:00 AM Monthly Fiscal Update, January 2025 U.S. Treasury
Feb 27 08:30 AM Monthly GDP Update, Q4 2024 Second Estimate Bureau of Economic Analysis
Feb 28 08:30 AM Monthly Expenditures Update, January 2025 Bureau of Economic Analysis


Notes


Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. Treasury; JEC Republicans calculations

“pp” = percentage points

“Real” values are expressed in chained 2017 dollars.

Discrepancy in change figures is possible due to rounding.