Survey of Current Business : Volume 92 Number 11: November 2012

November 2012

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Volume 92 Number 11

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GDP and the Economy: Advance Estimates for the Third Quarter of 2012 (PDF)

Real GDP growth picked up, rising 2.0 percent after rising 1.3 percent in the second quarter. Consumer spending on goods accelerated. Federal government spending turned up, reflecting an upturn in national defense spending.

Newly Available NIPA Tables (PDF)

Two new tables are available: (1) personal income and its disposition by households and nonprofits and (2) BEA income and outlays of nonprofits compared with IRS revenue and expense data.

Updated Summary of NIPA Methodologies (PDF)

The data and methods used to prepare current-dollar and real estimates of GDP as well as current-dollar estimates of gross domestic income, reflecting the 2012 annual NIPA revision.

BEA Briefing
Territorial Economic Accounts for American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (PDF)

Updated estimates of GDP and expanded accounts that include estimates of GDP by industry and compensation by industry and more detailed estimates of consumer spending for 2002–2010.

Research Spotlight
A Prototype BEA/BLS Industry-Level Production Account for the United States (PDF)

BEA and BLS have integrated GDP by industry statistics with productivity statistics, providing new details on industry sources of aggregate economic growth.

U.S. Multinational Companies: Operations of U.S. Parents and Their Foreign Affiliates in 2010 (PDF)

The value added of U.S. multinational companies increased 10.3 percent. The value added of U.S. parents increased 11.2 percent, and the value added of their foreign affiliates increased 8.4 percent. Worldwide employment of U.S. multinational companies increased 0.5 percent.

An Analysis of Revisions to BEA’s International Economic Accounts (PDF)

A study of revisions to the first published estimates of the quarterly international transactions accounts for 1999–2011 shows that the accounts provide an accurate picture of economic activity between U.S. residents and foreigners.

Schedule of BEA News Releases in 2013 (PDF)

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Additional Information About the NIPA Estimates (PDF)
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