Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.1% in the fourth quarter of 2019, “advance” estimates by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption was stronger but drop in business investment hinder.
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.1% in the second quarter of 2019, “advance” estimate by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Core PCE +1.3% vs +1.9% expected. Cconsumption was stronger but drop in business investment and weak housing hinder.
USA Q4 2019 GDP highlights
Growth:
- Prior quarter +2.1%
- Personal spending +1.8% vs +2.0% expected
- GDP price index +1.4% vs +1.8% expected
- GDP deflator +1.5% vs +1.8% expected
- Business investment -1.5%
- Home investment +5.8%
- Business investment in structures -10.1%
- GDP ex motor vehicles +3.0% Year-over-year
- GDP +2.3% Exports +1.4% Imports -8.7%
Consumption:
- Personal consumption +1.2 pp
- Consumption of goods +0.26 pp
- Consumption of services +0.94 pp
- Gross private investment -1.08 pp
- Inventories -1.09 pp
- Net exports +1.48 pp
- Government consumption +0.47
The increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter reflected positive contributions from personal consumption expenditures (PCE), federal government spending, state and local government spending, residential fixed investment, and exports, that were partly offset by negative contributions from private inventory investment and nonresidential fixed investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, decreased
Real GDP growth in the fourth quarter was the same as that in the third. In the fourth quarter, a downturn in imports, an acceleration in government spending, and a smaller decrease in nonresidential investment were offset by a larger decrease in private inventory investment and a slowdown in PCE.
Current dollar GDP increased 3.6 percent, or $191.7 billion, in the fourth quarter to a level of $21.73 trillion. In the third quarter, GDP increased 3.8 percent, or $202.3 billion (table 1 and table 3). The price index for gross domestic purchases increased 1.5 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with an increase of 1.4 percent in the third quarter
The PCE price index increased 1.6 percent, compared with an increase of 1.5 percent. Excluding food and energy prices, the PCE price index increased 1.3 percent, compared with an increase of 2.1 percent.
2019 GDP
Real GDP increased 2.3 percent in 2019 (from the 2018 annual level to the 2019 annual level), compared with an increase of 2.9 percent in 2018
The increase in real GDP in 2019 reflected positive contributions from PCE, nonresidential fixed investment, federal government spending, state and local government spending, and private inventory investment that were partly offset by negative contributions from residential fixed investment. Imports increased
The deceleration in real GDP in 2019, compared to 2018, primarily reflected decelerations in nonresidential fixed investment and PCE and a downturn in exports, which were partly offset by accelerations in both state and local and federal government spending. Imports increased less in 2019 than in 2018.
Current-dollar GDP increased 4.1 percent, or $848.8 billion, in 2019 to a level of $21.43 trillion, compared with an increase of 5.4 percent, or $1,060.8 billion, in 2018 (table 1 and table 3). The price index for gross domestic purchases increased 1.6 percent in 2019, compared with an increase of 2.4 percent in 2018 (table 4). The PCE price index increased 1.4 percent, compared with an increase of 2.1 percent. Excluding food and energy prices, the PCE price index increased 1.6 percent, compared with an increase of 1.9 percent
Measured from the fourth quarter of 2018 to the fourth quarter of 2019, real GDP increased 2.3 percent during the period. That compared with an increase of 2.5 percent during 2018. The price index for gross domestic purchases, as measured from the fourth quarter of 2018 to the fourth quarter of 2019, increased 1.5 percent during 2019. That compared with an increase of 2.2 percent during 2018. The PCE price index increased 1.5 percent, compared with an increase of 1.9 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 1.6 percent, compared with an increase of 1.9 percent .
Source:Bureau of Economic Analysis
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