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November 2006
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Volume 86 Number 11
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Articles

GDP and the Economy: Advance Estimates for the Third Quarter of 2006
Real GDP increased 1.6 percent after increasing 2.6 percent, reflecting an acceleration in imports, a downturn in inventory investment, a larger decrease in residential investment, and decelerations in consumer spending for services and state and local government spending.

  • Motor Vehicle Output in GDP (PDF • 146 KB)
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Newly Available NIPA Tables
Comparison of income and outlays of nonprofit institutions serving households with IRS revenue and expenses of these nonprofit institutions, and personal income and its disposition by households and by nonprofit institutions serving households.
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Updated Summary of NIPA Methodologies
The source data and methods used to prepare current-dollar and real estimates of GDP and current-dollar estimates of gross domestic income have been updated as part of the 2006 annual NIPA revision.
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Federal Personal Income Tax Liabilities and Payments for 1959–2004
These updated estimates incorporate the results of the 2006 annual NIPA revision, newly available IRS tax return data for 2002, and revised data for earned income tax credits.
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Comparison of BEA Estimates of Personal Income and IRS Estimates of Adjusted Gross Income: New Estimates for 2004 and Revised Estimates for 2003
The estimates of these two widely used measures of household income are reconciled in order to account for statistical and definitional differences.
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Operations of U.S. Multinational Companies: Preliminary Results From the 2004 Benchmark Survey
In 1999–2004, the value added of U.S. multinational companies grew at a 4-percent average annual rate. The value added of the U.S. parents grew 3 percent. And the value added of majority-owned foreign affiliates grew 8 percent.
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Reconciliation of the United States–Canadian Current Account, 2004 and 2005
Each year, the bilateral current-account estimates of the United States and Canada are reconciled to show how the estimates would appear if both countries used the same definitions, methodologies, and data sources.
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Upcoming in the Survey...

Industry Accounts
Revised estimates of the annual industry accounts for 2003–2005 will be published in the December Survey.

Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts
BEA and the Federal Reserve Board have developed a sequence of accounts that relates U.S. economic activity to changes in net worth for major sectors of the economy. An article that describes the accounts will be published in upcoming Survey.

Charts and Tables
National Data
Selected NIPA Tables
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Other NIPA and NIPA-Related tables
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Charts
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International Data
Transactions Tables
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Investment Tables
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Charts
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Regional Data
State and Regional Tables
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Local Area Table
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Charts
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Appendixes
Additional Information About the NIPA Estimates
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Suggested Reading
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