Bureau of Economic Analysis

BEA is conducting a survey that tracks transactions between U.S. financial services providers and foreign residents. Data from this survey will be used to produce international and national economic statistics that aid decision-making by businesses and policymakers and provide the American public with a deeper understanding of the United States’ trade relationships around the globe.

Here’s what potential filers need to know about the…

Detailed statistics on the worldwide activities of U.S. multinational enterprises in 2013, including the finances and operations of U.S. parent companies and their foreign affiliates, are now available from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released today statistics providing information on health care spending and price trends in the United States for 2011 and 2012. On January 22, BEA for the first time released statistics showing how much is spent in the United States to treat different diseases and medical conditions as well as trends in health care prices for 2000 through 2010. The new data are available on BEA's website in section called the…

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit increased in June 2015 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $40.9 billion in May (revised) to $43.8 billion in June, as exports decreased and imports increased. The previously published May deficit was $41.9 billion. The goods deficit increased $2.9 billion from May to $63.5 billion in June. The services surplus decreased less…

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Personal income increased 0.4 percent in June and in May. Wages and salaries rose 0.2 percent in June after rising 0.4  percent May.

Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI), after-tax income, increased 0.5 percent in June after rising 0.4 percent in May.

Real DPI, income adjusted for taxes and inflation, increased 0.2 percent in June after increasing 0.1 percent in May.

Personal income increased $68.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $60.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, in June, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $25.9 billion, or 0.2 percent.

Detailed statistics on U.S. direct investment abroad – or “outward direct investment”– and on foreign direct investment in the United States – or “inward direct investment” are now available on BEA’s website.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.3 percent in the second quarter of 2015, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 0.6 percent (revised).

GDP highlights The second-quarter increase in real GDP mainly reflected an increase in consumer spending. Spending on both durable goods, notably motor vehicles and parts, and nondurable goods increased.…

Real gross domestic product -- the value of the production of goods and services in the United States, adjusted for price changes -- increased at an annual rate of 2.3 percent in the second quarter of 2015, according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.