October 15, 2017 | News Release
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October 15, 2017 | The BEA Wire
Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis is releasing estimates of gross domestic product for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for 2016, in addition to estimates of GDP by industry and compensation by industry for 2015. These estimates were developed under the Statistical Improvement Program funded by the Office of Insular Affairs of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Revised estimates of GDP for 2013 to 2015, as well…
October 5, 2017 | The BEA Wire
The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in August 2017 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $43.6 billion in July (revised) to $42.4 billion in August, as exports increased and imports decreased. The previously published July deficit was $43.7 billion. The goods deficit decreased $0.9 billion in August to $64.4 billion. The services surplus increased $0.3…
October 5, 2017 | News Release
Total August exports of $195.3 billion and imports of $237.7 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $42.4 billion.
October 4, 2017 | The BEA Wire
State personal consumption expenditures (PCE) grew on average 4.0 percent in 2016, the same rate as in 2015. In 2016, PCE growth ranged from 0.2 percent in North Dakota to 6.2 percent in Utah.
October 4, 2017 | News Release
State personal consumption expenditures (PCE) grew on average 4.0 percent in 2016, the same rate as in 2015. In 2016, PCE growth ranged from 0.2 percent in North Dakota to 6.2 percent in Utah.
September 29, 2017 | The BEA Wire
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.
September 29, 2017 | News Release
In August 2017, real disposable personal income decreased 0.1 percent.
September 28, 2017 | The BEA Wire
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.
GDP highlights
The second-quarter increase in real GDP reflected increases in consumer spending on goods and services as…
September 28, 2017 | News Release
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.
