U.S. nonfarm business productivity rose at a 2.4% annualized pace in the second quarter, according to figures released Thursday. The rebound follows a softer first-quarter reading and suggests companies generated more output per hour even as wage pressures persist. Separately, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s GDPNow model left its estimate for third-quarter real gross domestic product growth unchanged at 2.5%. The latest update, incorporating fresh wholesale-trade figures, showed the projected boost from inventory investment ticked up to 0.82 percentage point from 0.76. Taken together, the data point to steady economic momentum early in the third quarter after a productivity pickup in the spring. Policymakers will weigh the figures alongside upcoming inflation and employment reports ahead of the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting.