from the second-quarter growth.
The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents, increased 4.0 percent in the third quarter, the same as in the advance estimate; this index increased 3.3 percent in the second quarter.
Excluding food and energy prices, the price index for gross domestic purchases increased 2.1 percent in the third quarter, the same as in the second quarter.
Real personal consumption expenditures increased 4.2 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 3.4 percent in the second. Real nonresidential fixed investment increased 8.8 percent, the same as in the second quarter. Nonresidential structures increased 2.7 percent, the same as in the second quarter.
Equipment and software increased 10.8 percent, compared with an increase of 10.9 percent.
Real residential fixed investment increased 8.4 percent, compared with an increase of 10.8 percent.
Real exports of goods and services increased 0.8 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 10.7 percent in the second. Real imports of goods and services increased 2.1 percent, in contrast to a decrease of 0.3 percent.
Real federal government consumption expenditures and gross investment increased 8.1 percent in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 2.4 percent in the second.
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US Department Of Commerce
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