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U.S., July 30, 2010
Gross Domestic Product: 2Q10 Advance
Economic Research
Economic recovery is slowing down
Hakan Danış
hakan.danis@bbvacompass.com
US real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 2.4% in the 2Q10
BEA revised upwards its GDP growth estimate for 1Q10 to 3.7% from 2.7%
The recession is worse than previously estimated
Graph 1 Graph 2
PCE, YoY % change
s
Private Investment, YoY % change
6 20 20
5
15
15 10
4
10 5
3
0
2 5 -5
1
0
-10
0
-15
-1 -5 -20
-2 Nondurable goods -25
-10 Residential Investment
-3 Services
-30 Non-residential Investment
Durable goods
-4 -15 -35
90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10
Table 1 Graph 3
GDP & PCE, QoQ annualized, % change Housing Starts & RI, annual % change
s
GDP PCE
20 15
Revised Previous Revised Previous
Est. Est. Est. Est. 10 10
Housing
1Q07 0.9 1.2 2.4 3.7 Starts 5
0
2Q07 3.2 3.2 1.5 1.1
3Q07 2.3 3.6 1.7 1.9 0
-10
4Q07 2.9 2.1 1.4 1.2 -5
1Q08 -0.7 -0.7 -0.8 -0.6 -20
2Q08 0.6 1.5 0.1 0.1 -10
3Q08 -4.0 -2.7 -3.5 -3.5 -30
Residential -15
4Q08 -6.8 -5.4 -3.3 -3.1 -40 Investment
-20
1Q09 -4.9 -6.4 -0.5 0.6
2Q09 -0.7 -0.7 -1.6 -0.9 -50 -25
3Q09 1.6 2.2 2.0 2.8
-60 -30
4Q09 5.0 5.6 0.9 1.6
1Q10 3.7 2.7 1.9 3.0 00 03 06 09
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