华盛顿消息——受消费者支出和商业投资强劲增长的推动，美国经济在4月至6月期间保持了2.2%的稳健增长步伐。
PAUL WISEMAN WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a solid 2.2% pace from April through June as consumer spending and business investment came in strong.
美国商务部周三报告称，国内生产总值（GDP）的增速较1月至3月的2.5%有所放缓。第二季度的增长数据较该部门此前1.5%的预估值有所上调。
Growth in gross domestic product — the nation’s output of a goods and services — decelerated from a 2.5% pace from January through March, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The second-quarter growth number was an improvement on the department’s previous estimate of 1.5%.
占美国经济活动约70%的消费者支出以3.8%的健康年率增长，高于1月至3月期间的0.7%。整体增长数据受到进口增加的拖累，因为GDP仅统计国内生产。
Consumer spending — which accounts for about 70% of U.S. economic activity — increased at a healthy 3.8% annual pace, up from 0.7% in the January-March period. The overall growth number was dragged down by imports. They are subtracted from growth because GDP is only supposed to count domestic production.
4月至6月进口额以12.6%的年率增长，部分原因是计算机芯片及其他支持人工智能投资的产品出货量激增，这抵消了第二季度近1.7个百分点的增长。
Imports rose at a 12.6% annual pace from April through June, partly due to a surge in shipments of computer chips and other products that support artificial intelligence investment, and slashed nearly 1.7 percentage points off second-quarter growth.
尽管面临与伊朗的冲突及其引发的能源价格飙升，美国经济仍表现出惊人的韧性。
The U.S. economy has proven surprisingly resilient in the face of fighting with Iran and the energy price spike it caused.
不含住房在内的商业投资在第二季度增长了9%，反映了人工智能投资的热潮。
Business investment, excluding housing, rose at a 9% clip in the second quarter, reflecting the AI investment boom.
剔除波动较大的政府支出和贸易数据后，衡量经济潜在实力的指标增长了4.6%，高于第一季度的1.8%。
And a measure of the economy’s underlying strength — which strips out volatile government spending and trade numbers — grew at a strong 4.6% rate, up from 1.8% in the first quarter.
住房投资增长了2.8%，为2024年底以来首次回升，此前住房市场一直受到高抵押贷款利率的抑制。
Investment in housing rose 2.8% ticking up for the first time since the end of 2024. The housing market has been depressed by high mortgage rates.
周三的报告是商务部对第二季度GDP增长的三次预估中的最后一次。第三季度增长的初步数据预计将于10月29日公布。
Wednesday’s report was the last of three Commerce Department estimates of second-quarter GDP growth. The first look at third-quarter growth is due Oct. 29.