在上午的其他经济新闻中，美国第三季度的国内生产总值（衡量经济活动的最广泛指标）被向上修正。
根据经济分析局的新数据，根据对数据的第三次估计，美国经济在 7 月至 9 月期间的年化增长率为 2.3%。这比之前报告的 2.1% 略快。此次修正是由于消费者支出和库存投资略有增加。
即便如此，与第二季度 6.7% 的年化增长率相比，仍然有所放缓。反过来，这种下降是由于人们的支出比春季少得多，当时华盛顿的最后一轮刺激检查让美国人继续购物。
整个夏天，复苏遇到了一些障碍，因为冠状病毒的三角洲变体抑制了恢复的经济活动并导致消费者调整了他们的行为。更糟糕的是，供应链危机阻碍了复苏。
但经济学家对今年最后一个季度的复苏步伐再次加快充满希望。
根据上周对其 GDPNow 模型的更新，亚特兰大联邦储备银行预测，10 月至本月期间，经济将以 7.2% 的年增长率增长。
The economy did slightly better than expected in the summer
In other economic news of the morning, America's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity, was revised up for the third quarter.
According to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis the US economy expanded at an annualized rate of 2.3% between July and September, according to a third estimate of the data. It was a slightly faster pace than the 2.1% previously reported. The revision came on the back of slightly stronger consumer spending and inventory investment.
Even so it was still a slowdown from the 6.7% annualized expansion in the second quarter. And the drop-off was, in turn, due to people spending a lot less than they had in the spring when the last round of stimulus checks from Washington kept Americans shopping.
Over the summer, the recovery encountered some hurdles as the Delta variant of the coronavirus put a damper on the resumed economic activity and led consumers to adjust their behavior. Making matters worse, the supply chain crisis held back the recovery.
But economists are hopeful that the recovery picked up pace again in the final quarter of the year.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta predicts the economy will expand at an annual rate of 7.2% between October and this month, according to last week's update to its GDPNow model.
