U.S. Q3 GDP revised upward at annual rate of 3.1 pct

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. gross domestic product in the third quarter was revised upward to an annual rate of 3.1 percent, the U.S. Commerce Department reported in the third and final estimate released Thursday.

In the first and second estimates, the increase in real GDP was 2.8 percent, according to the department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The update primarily reflected upward revisions t