USA's BNP i Q1 storskuffer – lander på 0,2 %

dagens data for BNP Q1/2015

Real gross domestic product -- the value of the production of goods and services in the United
States, adjusted for price changes -- increased at an annual rate of 0.2 percent in the first quarterof 2015, according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.  In the fourth quarter, real GDP increased 2.2 percent.

The Bureau emphasized that the first-quarter advance estimate released today is based on source
data that are incomplete or subject to further revision by the source agency (see the box on page 3 and "Comparisons of Revisions to GDP" on page 5).  The "second" estimate for the first quarter, based on more complete data, will be released on May 29, 2015.

The increase in real GDP in the first quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from
personal consumption expenditures (PCE) and private inventory investment that were partly offset by
negative contributions from exports, nonresidential fixed investment, and state and local government
spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.


Upcoming Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts

The annual revision of the national income and product accounts will be released along
with the "advance" estimate of GDP for the second quarter of 2015 on July 30.  In addition to the
regular revision of the estimates for the most recent 3 years and for the first quarter of 2015,
some series will be revised back further (for more information, see the Technical Note).  The
June Survey of Current Business will contain an article that previews the annual revision and the
August Survey will contain an article that describes the results.