These were partly offset by decreases in residential fixed investment and private inventory investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, decreased.
The increase in exports reflected increases in both goods and services.
Current-dollar GDP increased at 6.7 per cent at an annual rate, or $414.8 billion, in the third quarter to a level of $25.66 trillion. In the second quarter, GDP increased at 8.5 per cent, or $508.0 billion, BEA said in a release.
The price index for gross domestic purchases increased at 4.6 per cent in the third quarter compared with an increase of 8.5 per cent in the second.
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