United States

GDP growth, quarter over quarter

Name: GDP growth, quarter over quarter data for United States
Creator: FRED
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Quarterly GDP growth shows the near-term pace of output. It is useful for spotting turning points faster than annual data, especially around recessions and recoveries.

FRED

FrequencyquarterlyTransformqoq saar

Source: FRED · A191RL1Q225SBEA

Stored official data

GDP growth, quarter over quarter - United States in United States was 1.6% on January 1, 2026, higher by 1.1% (+220.0%) from the prior observation. Charted from quarterly observations in % chg. from preceding period.

Latest1.60%

QoQ+220.00%

YoY+366.67%

10Y Avg2.69%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2026

Model surprise-1.10%

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Min-28.00%

Mean3.19%

Max34.90%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2026

Source evidence

Tier 1 - critical

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FRED

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A191RL1Q225SBEA

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Stored · 2026-01-01

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Research notes

82 · Acceptable

ComparabilityAggregator is not the statistical authority: Use the source agency, source code, and methodology link when citing or reconciling with official releases.Real, nominal, and chain measures are not interchangeable: Use real growth for cycle analysis, nominal levels for revenue/size questions, and PPP or per-capita variants for welfare comparisons.

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QualitySource authority: 82/100. Aggregator source: useful access layer, but official methodology remains with the originating agency.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 316 observations available; latest observation 2026-01-01; platform fetch 2026-06-08T06:06:55.045Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 100/100. Point-in-time data via the FRED ALFRED endpoint. Each request returns the values as they were published on the supplied vintage date.

4/6 strong

CitationGDP growth, quarter over quarter - United States (FRED (St. Louis Fed): A191RL1Q225SBEA, United States, retrieved Jun 8, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 8, 2026

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Series details

SourceFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

CategoryGDP

FrequencyQuarterly

Unit% Chg. from Preceding Period

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2026

Platform last fetchJune 8, 2026

Transformslevel, annualized, yoy, index 100

About this series

Real Gross Domestic Product

The reading right now

As of January 2026, GDP growth, quarter over quarter for United States stood at 1.6%. That is up 1.1 percentage points from the prior quarter. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 2.91%, ranging from a low of -1% in January 2022 to a high of 7% in April 2021. The current reading sits 1.1 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 2.7%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.