The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced today that the U.S. economy grew at 3.0 percent pace in the third quarter of 2017.

This is the second straight quarter that the economy grew at a 3 percent pace – BEA's third estimate for the second quarter showed that the U.S. economy grew at a 3.1 percent pace. The last time the economy grew at a 3 percent pace for two consecutive quarters was three years ago. [.xlsx file download]

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