Real GDP growth was 2.2% annualized for Q2 2026. It was released on 07/30. That is 0.3 percentage points below the prior reading of 2.5%. A year earlier (Q2 2025) it was 3.8%.

Real GDP growth

−0.3%p

Real gross domestic product: how much the US economy's output, without price changes, grew over the previous quarter, expressed as an annual rate. The Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes an advance estimate about a month after the quarter ends and revises it twice.

Latest: +2.2%; Q2 data, released 07/30
Change: −0.3%p; Before +2.5%
A year earlier: +3.8%; Q2 2025−1.6%p
12-month range: +0.2% ~ +4.4%

History

Real GDP growth over time
Day	Real GDP growth	Marks
Q4 2021	+7.0%	Q4 2021 data
Q1 2022	−1.0%	Q1 2022 data
Q2 2022	+0.6%	Q2 2022 data
Q3 2022	+2.9%	Q3 2022 data
Q4 2022	+2.8%	Q4 2022 data
Q1 2023	+2.9%	Q1 2023 data
Q2 2023	+2.5%	Q2 2023 data
Q3 2023	+4.7%	Q3 2023 data
Q4 2023	+3.4%	Q4 2023 data
Q1 2024	+0.8%	Q1 2024 data
Q2 2024	+3.6%	Q2 2024 data
Q3 2024	+3.3%	Q3 2024 data
Q4 2024	+1.9%	Q4 2024 data, released 25/01/30
Q1 2025	−0.6%	Q1 2025 data, released 25/04/30
Q2 2025	+3.8%	Q2 2025 data, released 25/07/30
Q3 2025	+4.4%	Q3 2025 data, released 25/10/30
Q4 2025	+0.2%	Q4 2025 data, released 02/20
Q1	+2.5%	Q1 data, released 04/30
Q2	+2.2%	Q2 data, released 07/30

Next release09/30 (Wed) · Today

Release history

			Prior
07/30	Q2	+1.5%	+2.1%	−0.6%p
04/30	Q1	+2.1%	+0.5%	+1.6%p
02/20	Q4 2025	+0.5%	+4.4%	−3.9%p
25/10/30	Q3 2025	+4.4%	+3.8%	+0.6%p
25/07/30	Q2 2025	+3.8%	−0.6%	+4.4%p
25/04/30	Q1 2025	−0.6%	+1.9%	−2.5%p
25/01/30	Q4 2024	+1.9%	+3.3%	−1.4%p
Not on file	Q3 2024	+3.3%	+3.6%	−0.3%p
Not on file	Q2 2024	+3.6%	+0.8%	+2.8%p
Not on file	Q1 2024	+0.8%	+3.4%	−2.6%p
Not on file	Q4 2023	+3.4%	+4.7%	−1.3%p
Not on file	Q3 2023	+4.7%	+2.5%	+2.2%p
Not on file	Q2 2023	+2.5%	+2.9%	−0.4%p
Not on file	Q1 2023	+2.9%	+2.8%	+0.1%p
Not on file	Q4 2022	+2.8%	+2.9%	−0.1%p
Not on file	Q3 2022	+2.9%	+0.6%	+2.3%p
Not on file	Q2 2022	+0.6%	−1.0%	+1.6%p
Not on file	Q1 2022	−1.0%	+7.0%	−8.0%p
Not on file	Q4 2021	+7.0%	None	None

Markets on release days

Release day	2-year yield	SPY
09/30	None	None
08/26	+2bp	+0.6%
07/30	+1bp	+1.4%
06/25	−2bp	−0.4%
05/28	−1bp	+0.6%
04/30	−4bp	+1.0%
04/09	−1bp	+0.6%
03/13	−3bp	−0.7%
02/20	+1bp	+0.7%
01/22	+1bp	+0.3%
25/12/23	+4bp	+0.4%
25/10/30	+2bp	−0.3%
25/09/25	+7bp	−0.5%
25/08/28	+3bp	+0.5%
25/07/30	+8bp	+0.4%
25/06/26	−4bp	+0.8%
25/05/29	−4bp	−1.1%
25/04/30	−5bp	+0.9%
25/03/27	−1bp	−0.1%
25/02/27	+2bp	−1.7%

The same day's moves, not the release's effect. The 2-year yield in basis points; SPY from the day's close.