Bureau of Economic Analysis

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State personal incomes grew 1.0 percent on average in the second quarter of 2013 after falling 1.3 percent in the first quarter. Personal income growth ranged from 1.5 percent in Florida and Arizona to –0.7 percent in Nebraska. The national price index for personal consumption expenditures was unchanged in the second quarter after rising 0.3 percent in the first quarter.

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State personal incomes grew 1.0 percent on average in the second quarter of 2013 after falling 1.3 percent in the first quarter, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income growth ranged from 1.5 percent in Florida and Arizona to -0.7 percent in Nebraska. The national price index for personal consumption expenditures was unchanged in the second quarter after rising 0.3 percent in the first…

Personal income increased 0.4 percent in August after increasing 0.2 percent in July. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.4 percent in August after decreasing 0.3 percent in July. Government wages were reduced in August and in July due to furloughs.

Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI), after-tax income, increased 0.5 percent in August after increasing 0.3 percent in July…

Personal income increased $57.2 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $56.2 billion, or 0.5 percent, in August, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $34.5 billion, or 0.3 percent. In July, personal income increased $21.2 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $32.7 billion, or 0.3 percent, and PCE increased $18.3 billion, or 0.2 percent, based on…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.5 percent in the second quarter of 2013 after increasing 1.1 percent in the first quarter, according to the “third” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The second-quarter growth rate was the same as the “second” estimate released in August.

GDP growth highlights The second-quarter acceleration reflected upturns in business investment, mainly in power and…

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 2.5 percent in the second quarter of 2013 (that is, from the first quarter to the second quarter), according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 1.1 percent. The GDP estimate released today is based on…

The U.S. net international investment position was –$4,504.1 billion (preliminary) at the end of the second quarter of 2013 compared with –$4,236.6 billion (revised) at the end of the first quarter, as the value of foreign investments in the United States exceeded the value of U.S. investments abroad.

The U.S. net international investment position at the end of the second quarter of 2013 was -$4,504.1 billion (preliminary) as the value of foreign investments in the United States exceeded the value of U.S. investments abroad (table 1). At the end of the first quarter, the U.S. net international investment position was -$4,236.6 billion (revised).

Real spending on travel and tourism decelerated in the second quarter of 2013, increasing at an annual rate of 2.5 percent after increasing 7.3 percent revised) in the first quarter of 2013.