PERSONAL SPENDING
-3.1%
It's the first quarterly drop in consumer spending in 17 years.
IMPORTS
-1.9%
That's less than the 7.3 percent drop in the second quarter.
EXPORTS
+5.9%
Without this increase in exports, the gross domestic product would have slid 1.1 percent.
FEDERAL SPENDING
+ 13.8%
Military spending was the key driver, rising 18.1 percent.
