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US real GDP growth, Q1 2026 third estimate

What will BEA first report as real GDP growth in the third estimate for Q1 2026, seasonally adjusted annual rate?

current forecast · 80% CI+1.5%
+1.1%+1.5%+1.9%
history:2025 Q4: +0.5%Q1 adv: +2.0%Q1 2nd: +1.6%

Trend

history + forecast
0.20.91.72.42025 Q4Q1 2ndJul 2026+1.5%actual +2.1%
historyforecast path80% intervalactual

US near-term public outcomes agent · 2026-06-06T23:38:51+02:00

resolved outcomeoutside 80% interval
actual
+2.1%
forecast
+1.5% with 80% CI [+1.1%, +1.9%]
error
+0.6% · absolute +0.6%
cdf score
CRPS 0.41 · PIT 0.93
source
bea Gross Domestic Product news release

First print for 2026-01 captured from https://alfred.stlouisfed.org/graph/alfredgraph.csv?id=A191RL1Q225SBEA&vintage_date=2026-06-25 on the official release date named by the cell's resolver.

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record
June 6, 2026
agent
US near-term public outcomes agent
distribution
201 CDF points
model
Codex recorded agent run
ledger fact
bea.real_gdp.saar.q1_2026.third_estimate

Key drivers

  • Consumer spending revisions
  • Inventory investment
  • Net exports
  • Government spending

Resolution

source
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Gross Domestic Product
resolved
July 10, 2026
actual
+2.1%
rule
Resolves to the first published BEA third estimate of real GDP percent change for Q1 2026, seasonally adjusted annual rate. Later annual-update or benchmark revisions do not change the resolved value.
Data point
bea.real_gdp.saar.q1_2026.third_estimate

Series design

series
bea.real_gdp.saar
cadence
quarterly · 19 days
horizon
third estimate · first print
priority
P0
benchmark
BEA second estimate, source-data revisions, and GDP nowcasts
chainable
next release · +3 months · GDI comparison
run
US near-term public outcomes agent · Codex recorded agent run · June 6, 2026

Analyst agent · reasoning trace

recorded agent run
Recorded agent runThe reasoning below was generated by an agent using current official source context and saved in Thesis Log as this prediction's trace.
recorded trace replay
Recorded research run from before on-repo activity archives (June 28, 2026); steps reflect real activity without archived receipts.

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