December 2, 2015 | News Release
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December 1, 2015 | The BEA Wire
Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released official statistics on personal consumption expenditures (PCE) by state for 1997-2014. PCE by state – the measure of goods and services purchased by or on behalf of households by state of residence – provides insight into household spending patterns across states and can be used together with other regional data to gain a better understanding of regional economies.
December 1, 2015 | News Release
Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released its first set of official statistics on personal consumption expenditures (PCE) by state for 1997-20141. PCE by state – the measure of goods and services purchased by or on behalf of households by state of residence – provides insight into household spending patterns across states and can be used together with other regional data to gain a better understanding of regional economies.
November 30, 2015 | The BEA Wire
Statistics detailing the amount and type of new investment made in the United States by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses are now available from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The statistics cover new investments initiated in 2014 and offer details on these investments, including the countries from which the new investment originates, the U.S. industries that are drawing new investments, and U.S.…
November 30, 2015 | News Release
Expenditures by foreign direct investors for new investment—that is, to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses—totaled $241.3 billion in 2014, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) in statistics released today. Acquisitions accounted for most of the investment.
November 27, 2015 | The BEA Wire
New statistics detailing consumer spending by state will be released Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 8:30 a.m. eastern time by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
November 25, 2015 | The BEA Wire
Personal income increased 0.4 percent in October, after increasing 0.2 percent in September. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income increased 0.6 percent in October after remaining flat in September.
Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI), after-tax income, increased 0.4 percent in October after increasing 0.2 percent in September.
Real DPI, income adjusted for taxes and inflation…
November 25, 2015 | News Release
Personal income increased $68.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased
$56.8 billion, or 0.4 percent, in October, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal
consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $15.2 billion, or 0.1 percent.
November 24, 2015 | The BEA Wire
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.1 percent in the third quarter of 2015, according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The growth rate was revised up 0.6 percentage point from the “advance” estimate released in October. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 3.9 percent.
GDP highlights
The third-quarter increase in real GDP mainly reflected a rise in consumer spending. Spending on…
November 24, 2015 | News Release
Real gross domestic product -- the value of the goods and services produced by the nation’s
economy less the value of the goods and services used up in production, adjusted for price
changes -- increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the third quarter of 2015, according to the
"second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP
increased 3.9 percent.
The GDP estimate released today…
