Real GDP rose 2.5 percent after rising 1.3 percent in the second quarter. Consumer spending and nonresidential investment picked up. State and local government spending decreased less.
State and local government receipts and expenditures and Census Bureau data, personal income and its disposition by households and nonprofit institutions serving households, and BEA and IRS statistics on income and outlays by these nonprofits.
The data and methods used to prepare current-dollar and real estimates of GDP and current-dollar estimates of gross domestic income, reflecting the 2011 annual NIPA revision.
A look at the operations of U.S. multinational companies in the first decade of the 21st century, with a focus on value added, employment, R&D, and other topics.