Bureau of Economic Analysis

Personal income increased 0.2 percent in August after increasing 0.3 percent in July. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, was unchanged in August after increasing 0.5 percent in July.

In August 2017, real disposable personal income decreased 0.1 percent.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.1 percent in the second quarter of 2017, according to the “third” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The growth rate was 0.1 percentage point more than the “second” estimate released in August. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 1.2 percent.

The second-quarter increase in real GDP reflected increases in consumer spending on goods and services as…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.1 percent in the second quarter of 2017 (table 1), according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 1.2 percent. The GDP estimate released today is based on more complete source data than were available for the "second" estimate issued last month.

The U.S. net international investment position increased to −$7,934.9 billion (preliminary) at the end of the second quarter from −$8,091.6 billion (revised) at the end of the first quarter. The $156.7 billion increase reflected net financial transactions of –$107.5 billion and net other changes in position, such as price and exchange-rate changes, of $264.2 billion.

The U.S. net international investment position increased to -$7,934.9 billion (preliminary) at the end of the second quarter of 2017 from -$8,091.6 billion (revised) at the end of the first quarter, according to statistics released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The $156.7 billion increase reflected a $1,004.2 billion increase in U.S. assets and an $847.5 billion increase in U.S. liabilities (table 1).

State personal income grew 0.7 percent on average in the second quarter of 2017, after increasing 1.4 percent in the first quarter.

State personal income grew 0.7 percent on average in the second quarter of 2017, after increasing 1.4 percent in the first quarter. Each of the major aggregates of personal income—net earnings, property income, and personal current transfer receipts—grew more slowly than in the first quarter.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 267 out of 382 metropolitan areas in 2016 according to statistics on the geographic breakout of GDP released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real GDP by metropolitan area growth ranged from 8.1 percent in Lake Charles, LA and Bend-Redmond, OR to -13.3 percent in Odessa, TX (table 2).