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July 2010
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Volume 90 Number 7
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Director's Message (PDF)
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Articles
GDP and the Economy: Third Estimates for the First Quarter of 2010 (PDF)
Real GDP increased 2.7 percent after increasing 5.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009. Inventory investment and exports slowed, and residential investment turned down. Consumer spending picked up. Corporate profits increased $116.9 billion after increasing $108.7 billion.
Real Inventories, Sales, and Inventory-Sales Ratios for Manufacturing and Trade for the First Quarter of 2010 (PDF)
These statistics, including those for inventories for manufacturing by stage of fabrication, have been updated.
The International Investment Position of the United States at Yearend 2009 (PDF)
The net international investment position was –$2,737.8 billion; in 2008, it was –$3.493.9 billion. U.S.-owned assets abroad decreased $865.8 billion to $18,379.1 billion, and foreign-owned assets in the United States increased $1,621.8 billion to $21,116.9 billion.
Direct Investment Positions for 2009: Country and Industry Detail (PDF)
The U.S. direct investment abroad position grew 9 percent after growing 8 percent in 2008. The foreign direct investment in the United States position grew 7 percent after growing 5 percent.
Annual Revision of the U.S. International Transactions Accounts (PDF)
Each year, statistics on U.S. international transactions are revised to incorporate revised data and statistical improvements. Several significant changes were introduced this year in order to align the accounts with updated international guidelines.
How BEA Aligns and Augments Source Data From the U.S. Treasury Department for Inclusion in the U.S. International Transactions Accounts (PDF)
Each year, the estimates of financial-account flows in these accounts, which are based on Treasury Department data, are adjusted to align the estimates with balance-of-payments concepts and to close the gaps in coverage.
U.S. International Transactions: First Quarter of 2010 (PDF)
The U.S. current-account deficit increased $8.1 billion to $109.0 billion. In the financial account, net financial inflows decreased $84.5 billion to $31.3 billion.
  • International transactions tables
International Transactions and Positions in Financial Derivatives (PDF)
Statistics on transactions in financial derivatives by type of contract and by area and country for 2007–2009. Statistics on the fair values of these derivatives for 2008–2009.
Regional Quarterly Report (PDF)
State personal income grew in all but two states in the first quarter of 2010. For 20 states, including California and Florida, net earnings grew at the fastest pace since the recession began in the fourth quarter of 2007.
  • Personal income tables

Upcoming in the Survey...

Annual NIPA Revision. The effects of the revision on GDP, the principal sources of the revisions, and an extensive set of NIPA tables.

Operations of U.S. Multinational Companies. A look at the value added, employment, and capital expenditures of nonbank U.S. multinational companies in 2008.

Charts, Tables, and More

National Data

In This Issue
  • Selected NIPA Tables  (PDF)
  • NIPA-Related Table  (PDF)
  • Historical Measures  (PDF)
  • Charts  (PDF)

Industry Data

In This Issue
  • Industry Table  (PDF)

International Data

As a result of the annual revision of the U.S. international transactions accounts, tables F.2–F.4 and sections G and H are not included in this issue. See “Annual Revision of the U.S. International Accounts” and “U.S. International Transactions: First Quarter of 2010.” See also “The International Investment Position at Yearend 2009” and “Direct Investment Positions for 2009: Country and Industry Detail.”

In This Issue
  • Transactions Table  (PDF)

Regional Data

In This Issue
  • State and Regional Tables  (PDF)
  • Local Area Table  (PDF)
  • Charts  (PDF)

More Information

In This Issue
  • Additional Information About the NIPA Estimates  (PDF)
  • Suggested Reading  (PDF)
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