The US economy grew at an annual rate of 3.5% in the July-September quarter, the Commerce Department has said.
That was better than the 3% pace that economists had been expecting and follows the 4.6% growth rate recorded in the April-June quarter.
Strong export growth and higher government spending helped to boost growth in the third quarter.
In a sign of confidence in the US recovery, on Wednesday the Federal Reserve ended its stimulus scheme.
The fall in unemployment to a six-year low has helped boost that confidence.
"Today's number represents a return to a healthy-looking trend. The most recent IMF forecasts suggest the US economy will grow 3.1% next year and 3.0% in 2016, and these could be revised further upwards in the coming months," said Ben Brettell, senior economist at Hargreaves Lansdown stockbrokers.
It has been a volatile year for US growth data.
In the first quarter the economy contracted at an annual rate of 2.1% after severe weather hampered economic activity.
But the second quarter saw a rebound, growing at an annual pace of 4.6%.
Taken together the latest two quarters are the strongest consecutive quarters of growth since the second half of 2003.
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