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By the numbers The country's GDP increased at an annual rate of 3% in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

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That was then. Now, the government has just released GDP numbers for the second quarter of 2025, and they show the economy grew at a healthy annual rate of 3.0% during that time. It was a good number.

Third-quarter GDP growth was marked down quite a bit - now it's reported as 0.6% growth - while first and second quarter numbers were in fact revised higher.