Bureau of Economic Analysis

WASHINGTON DC, March 25, 2010 – State personal income declined an average 1.7 percent in 2009, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The annual percentage change in state personal income ranged from -4.8 percent in Nevada to 2.1 percent in West Virginia (one of six states with a personal income gain in 2009). Inflation, as measured by the national price index for personal consumption expenditures,…

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Real spending on travel and tourism decreased at an annual rate of 2.3 percent in 2009:4, following an increase of 6.6 percent (revised) in 2009:3. By comparison, real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 5.9 percent (second estimate) in 2009:4 after increasing 2.2 percent in 2009:3. Travel and tourism prices…

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Personal income increased $11.4 billion, or 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) decreased $47.6 billion, or 0.4 percent, inJanuary, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The decrease in DPI reflected an increase in federal nonwithheld income taxes. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $52.4 billion, or 0.5 percent.

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 5.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter) according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.2 percent. The GDP estimates released today are based on more…

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Personal income increased $44.5 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $45.9 billion, or 0.4 percent, inDecember, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $22.6 billion, or 0.2 percent. In November, personal income increased $61.1 billion, or 0.5 percent, DPI increased $60.7 billion, or 0.5 percent, and PCE increased $69.1 billion, or 0.7 percent, based on…

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2009 (ADVANCE ESTIMATE) Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Note: The March release date in the box on page A-5 of the information pages was updated on January 20, 2010 to display the correct date of 3-11-10.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services

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