The economy expanded a real 0.8 percent in the April-June period from the previous quarter for the third straight quarterly growth, revised upward from a 0.3 percent increase in the initial report, the government said Monday.

The growth in gross domestic product translates into an annualized expansion of 3.3 percent, compared with the earlier-reported 1.1 percent annualized rise, the Cabinet Office said.

The rates exceeded the average forecast by private-sector economists of 0.5 percent quarterly growth, or an annualized 1.5 percent.