US economy grows 3.3% in second quarter, government says, in second estimate of April-June growth

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy rebounded this spring from a first-quarter downturn caused by fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade wars.

In an upgrade from its first estimate, the Commerce Department said Thursday that U.S. gross domestic product – the nation’s output of goods and services – expanded at a 3.3% annual pace from April through June after shrinking 0.5% in the first three months of 2025. The department had initially estimated second-quarter growth at 3%.

The first-quarter GDP drop, the first retreat of the U.S. economy in three years, was mainly caused by a surge in imports – which are subtracted from GDP – as businesses scrambled to bring in foreign goods ahead of Trump’s tariffs. That trend reversed as expected in the second quarter: Imports fell at a 29.8% pace, boosting April-June growth by more than 5 percentage points.