October 10, 2008 | News Release
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services
DECEMBER 2007
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September 29, 2008 | News Release
August 2008
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: AUGUST 2008
Personal income increased $61.5 billion, or 0.5 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
decreased $93.3 billion, or 0.9 percent, in August, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $3.9 billion, or less than 0.1 percent.
September 26, 2008 | News Release
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 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2008,
(that is, from the first quarter to the second quarter), according to final estimates released by the Bureau
of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 0.9 percent.
The GDP estimates released today are based on more…
September 25, 2008 | News Release
METROPOLITAN ECONOMIC GROWTH WIDESPREAD IN 2006
September 24, 2008 | News Release
QUARTERLY TOURISM ESTIMATES WILL NOT BE DISCONTINUED
(SEE THE BOX NEXT RELEASE)
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Real spending on travel and tourism (spending adjusted for price changes) increased at an annual rate of 3.0 percent in 2008:2, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In 2008:1, real spending on travel and tourism grew 0.5 percent (revised). By comparison, real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 3.3 percent (…
September 18, 2008 | News Release
WASHINGTON DC, September 18, 2008 - U.S. personal income grew 1.8 percent in the second quarter of 2008 with growth accelerating in all but five states, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The second-quarter growth was the highest since the first quarter of 2007 and more than double the 0.8 percent pace of the first quarter of 2008.
September 17, 2008 | News Release
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September 11, 2008 | News Release
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services
DECEMBER 2007
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August 29, 2008 | News Release
July 2008
Personal income decreased $89.9 billion, or 0.7 percent, in July, in contrast to an increase of $7.4
billion, or 0.1 percent, in June and an increase of $218.0 billion, or 1.8 percent, in May. Disposable
personal income (DPI) decreased $114.7 billion, or 1.1 percent, in July, compared with a decrease of
$208.0 billion, or 1.9 percent, in June and an increase of $595.9 billion, or 5.7 percent in May.
August 28, 2008 | News Release
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 3.3 percent in the second quarter of 2008,
(that is, from the first quarter to the second quarter), according to preliminary estimates released by the
Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 0.9 percent.
The GDP estimates released today are based on more…
