Second Quarter Of 2024 Budget. Names largely outperformed the rest of world, bonds did little as rate expectations crystalized, gold continued. Gross domestic product grew 0.6% in the second quarter of 2024 after a 0.7% expansion in the first quarter which was the fastest in more than two years, the office for national statistics said.

Real gross domestic product (gdp) increased at an annual rate of 3.0 percent in the second quarter of 2024, according to the “second” estimate. In the first quarter, real gdp increased 1.4 percent.