The gross domestic product, the broadest measure of Economic health, grew at an annual rate of 3 percent in the April-June quarter, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics, said he believed that the strength in consumer spending should result in an "even stronger hand-off" for growth going into the current quarter.

Even with the upward revision, the weak start to the year means that growth over the past six months has averaged 2.1 percent, the same modest pace seen for the recovery that began in mid-2009.

During last year's presidential campaign, Donald Trump attacked the Obama administration's economic record, pledging to double GDP growth to 4 percent or better.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office sees growth averaging 1.9 percent over the next decade, a forecast much closer to estimates made by private economists.