{"id":105335,"date":"2025-07-30T17:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105335\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:14:12","slug":"us-economy-grows-at-3-in-q2-rebounding-from-first-pullback-in-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105335\/","title":{"rendered":"US economy grows at 3% in Q2, rebounding from first pullback in 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

US economic growth rebounded in the second quarter after contracting for the first time in three years to start 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gross domestic product grew at an annualized pace of 3% in the second quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s advance estimate<\/a>. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected a 2.6% increase.<\/p>\n

The reading comes after a large surge in imports ahead of President Trump’s tariff whipsaw <\/a>caused GDP to contract by 0.5% in the first quarter. The BEA noted that the second quarter bounce-back reflected a decrease in imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP.<\/p>\n

EY chief economist Gregory Daco noted that the quarterly swings in imports created a “economic mirage” that masked some underlying cooling in the economy.<\/p>\n

“Policy uncertainty, resurgent inflation pressures stemming from tariffs, and tighter immigration constraints are beginning to weigh more visibly on activity,” Daco said.<\/p>\n

Capital Economics North America Thomas Ryan economist agreed there were signs of economic growth slowing in Wednesday’s data. Growth in sales to private domestic purchasers, which economists like Daco and Ryan often reference as a key signal of underlying economic growth, rose 1.2% in the second quarter. This was lower than 1.9% growth seen in the first quarter and the slowest pace of growth since 2022.<\/p>\n

“With some of that further slowdown due to temporary factors, such as the post-Liberation Day slump in oil prices, we continue to view the economy as broadly healthy,” Ryan wrote.<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s GDP data covers the months of April through June, meaning it reflects activity during the first three months that the widest swath of Trump’s tariffs were in place. However, it does not reflect recent tariff updates from July.<\/p>\n

Read more: What Trump’s tariffs mean for the economy and your wallet<\/a><\/p>\n

Investors have been closely watching how the most aggressive US tariff stance in a century will impact economic growth. In April, Trump’s initial “Liberation Day” tariffs spooked markets as recession fears rose. <\/a><\/p>\n

But in recent months, economic data has largely been better than feared, <\/a>and recession concerns have eased. The probability investors were putting on a US recession in 2025, as tracked by popular online betting platform Polymarket<\/a>, was just 17%, down from a peak of 66% on May 1.<\/p>\n

\"Wednesday's Wednesday’s reading on Q2 economic growth comes after a large surge in imports ahead of President Trump’s tariff whipsaw caused the GDP to contract by 0.5% in the first quarter. The BEA noted that the second quarter bounce-back reflected a decrease in imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images) \u00b7 USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Connect \/ Reuters <\/p>\n

Josh Schafer is a reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow him on X @_joshschafer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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