BEA published the Q2 2026 GDP second estimate; this page was the pre-print watch

BEA published the Q2 2026 GDP second estimate. The current print is on the Markets tape and in the official BEA release. This page is the pre-print watch sourced before that vintage: the August 26 8:30 a.m. EDT clock, the two-product same-morning split, and the July 30 advance table. Real GDP in that advance vintage was up 1.5% at an annual rate after 2.1% in the first quarter.

The official second estimate is now public. This page does not recap that vintage. What this preview documented is unchanged: Wednesday, August 26, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, BEA scheduled the second estimate and Q2 corporate profits as one News row, and July Personal Income and Outlays as a separate row at the same clock. The 1.5% figure on this page stays the July 30 advance number.

BEA’s public schedule, checked August 24, listed two News releases for Wednesday, August 26, at 8:30 a.m.: GDP (Second Estimate) and Corporate Profits for the second quarter of 2026, and Personal Income and Outlays for July. Those are two rows, not one table. The GDP advance published July 30 already pointed at the same 8:30 a.m. EDT GDP slot.

The numbers this page documented are still that advance. Real GDP rose 1.5% at an annual rate in 2026:Q2 after 2.1% in 2026:Q1, in the same July 30 document. Private demand, measured as real final sales to private domestic purchasers, rose 3.9%. Current-dollar GDP rose 7.9%. The quarterly PCE price index in that vintage is 5.1% at an annual rate. Those lines are labeled advance for a reason. They are not the current print.

Why it matters: the second estimate is also the first look at corporate profits for the quarter. The July 30 product did not carry them. This preview watched whether 1.5% would hold and what the profits line would show, without guessing at either print. July personal income, if it arrived on schedule, is monthly income, spending, and PCE prices. It is not the quarterly GDP arithmetic, and it is not a CPI figure. The current GDP print is on the Markets tape and at BEA.