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Real GDP rose 1.9 percent after rising 3.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010. Imports turned up, consumer spending and nonresidential investment slowed, and federal government spending decreased more.
Updated statistics, including statistics on inventories for manufacturing by stage of fabrication.
This analysis confirms that BEA’s estimates provide an accurate picture of the economy, indicating among other things whether growth was positive or negative and whether it was accelerating or decelerating.
The second in a series of articles about BEA’s plans to regularly release quarterly GDP by industry statistics. This article takes a look at the statistics for 2007–2009 and describes the methodology.
The net international investment position was –$2,471.0 billion; in 2009, it was –$2,396.4 billion. U.S.-owned assets abroad increased $1,828.3 billion to $20,315.4 billion, and foreign-owned assets in the United States increased $1,902.9 billion to $22,786.3 billion.
U.S. direct investment abroad grew 10 percent after growing 10 percent in 2009. Foreign direct investment in the United States grew 11 percent after growing 3 percent in 2009.
Each year, statistics on U.S. international transactions are revised to incorporate revised data and statistical improvements. Several changes were introduced this year to align the accounts with the updated international guidelines.
Each year, the estimates of financial-account flows, 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.
The U.S. current-account deficit increased $7.1 billion to $119.3 billion. In the financial account, net financial inflows increased $152.5 billion to $181.9 billion.
Statistics on transactions in financial derivatives by type of contract and by area and country for 2008–2010. Statistics on the fair values of these derivatives for 2009–2010.
Gross Domestic Product by State: Advance Statistics for 2010 and Revised Statistics for 2007–2009 (PDF)
The economic recovery was widespread in 2010, as real GDP increased in 48 states and the District of Columbia. In 2009, real GDP decreased in 40 states and the District of Columbia.
Personal income in all states increased in the first quarter of 2011. Growth ranged from 0.7 percent in Iowa to 6.9 percent in North Dakota.
Upcoming in the Survey...
Annual NIPA Revision. The effects of the revisions on GDP, the principal sources of the revisions, and an extensive set of NIPA tables.
Operations of U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Companies. A look at the value added, employment, goods exports and imports, and the R&D activity of these affiliates in 2009.
National Data
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- Selected NIPA Tables (PDF)
- NIPA-Related Table (PDF)
- Historical Measures (PDF)
- Charts (PDF)
Industry Data
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- 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 2011.” See also “The International Investment Position at Yearend 2010” and “Direct Investment Positions for 2010: Country and Industry Detail.”
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- Transactions Table (PDF)
Regional Data
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- Local Area Table (PDF)
- Charts (PDF)
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