Survey of Current Business : Volume 92 Number 6: June 2012

June 2012

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Volume 92 Number 6

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GDP and the Economy: Second Estimates for the First Quarter of 2012 (PDF)

Real GDP rose 1.9 percent after rising 3.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011. Consumer spending picked up. Inventory investment slowed, and residential investment turned down.

Government Receipts and Expenditures for the First Quarter of 2012 (PDF)

Net government saving rose $108.9 billion to –$1,086.6 billion. Net federal government saving rose $115.2 billion to –$998.9 billion. Net state and local government saving fell $6.2 billion to
–$87.7 billion.

Returns for Domestic Nonfinancial Business (PDF)

Aggregate rates of return for nonfinancial corporations, industries, and selected industry groups as well as various Q ratios. Domestic nonfinancial corporate returns rose in 2011.

U.S. Travel and Tourism Satellite Accounts for
2003–2011 (PDF)

In 2011, the travel and tourism industry increased 3.1 percent after increasing 2.9 percent in 2010. Tourism employment grew 1.8 percent after decreasing in 2009 and 2010.

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Household Consumption Expenditures for Medical Care: An Alternate Presentation (PDF)

As part of its ongoing efforts to develop health care economic accounts, BEA provides an alternative look at household spending on health care, showing how spending by disease compares with spending by commodity categories.

BEA Briefing
Prototype Quarterly Statistics on U.S. Gross Domestic Product by Industry, 2007–2011 (PDF)

The third in a series of articles about BEA’s plans to regularly release quarterly statistics on GDP by industry.

A Profile of U.S. Exporters and Importers of Services (PDF)

A new look at services exporters and importers, based on a new data set that combines information on cross-border services trade with data on the operations of multinational companies for 2008.

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Additional Information About the NIPA Estimates (PDF)
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