The goal is to finish the year with a 3% GDP for the first time in more than a decade.


Second-quarter GDP jumps 4.1% for best pace in nearly four years

  • Gross domestic product increased 4.1 percent in the second quarter, matching Reuters estimates.
  • Strong consumer and business spending as well . . . . .  as a surge in exports ahead of retaliatory tariffs from China helped drive economic growth.
  • The last time the economy grew this quickly was in the third quarter of 2014.
Related article:  CNBC, here.