US Q4 GDP: second estimate +2.5% vs +2.5% expected

According to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis today, the US real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017. 

In the advance estimate, the increase in real GDP was 2.6 percent. With this second estimate for the fourth quarter, the general picture of economic growth remains the same.