American economic growth blows past expectations in third quarter

U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) grew faster than expected in the third quarter, according to new government data out Tuesday.

GDP rose at an annual rate of 4.3% in the third quarter of 2025, according to an initial estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Tuesday. In the second quarter of the year, real GDP increased 3.8%, the BEA reported.

“Growth is back thanks to the Trump economic tailwinds,” Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler wrote in a Tuesday X post in response to the release of the GDP numbers.

The Tuesday GDP numbers, which were delayed due to the government shutdown, mark the biggest U.S. GDP increase in two years, MarketWatch reported. The jump in real GDP in the third quarter largely reflected increasing consumer spending, exports, and government spending that were partly offset by a decrease in investment, according to the BEA.

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