July 11, 2025

New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2024

Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $151.0 billion in 2024, according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenditures decreased $24.9 billion, or 14.2 percent, from $176.0 billion (revised) in 2023 and were below the annual average of $277.2 billion for 2014–2023. As in previous years, acquisitions of existing U.S. businesses accounted for most of the expenditures.

Principal Federal Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product
Q1 2025 (3rd)
-0.5%
Personal Income
May 2025
-0.4%
International Trade in Goods and Services
May 2025
-$71.5 B
International Transactions
Q1 2025
-$450.2 B

Noteworthy

The Latest

Statistics on U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Multinational Enterprises Now Available for 2014; Data for 2013 Updated

| The BEA Wire

New statistics detailing the activities of U.S. affiliates of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) are now available from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The statistics, which include the first information for 2014 and updated data for 2013, offer details on the finances and operations of U.S.

Gross Domestic Product for American Samoa, 2015

| News Release

This release is available as a PDF download.

 

American Samoa economy grows 1.1 percent in 2015

| The BEA Wire

Estimates of gross domestic product for American Samoa show that real GDP–GDP adjusted to remove price changes–increased 1.1 percent in 2015 after increasing 1.3 percent in 2014. For comparison, real GDP for the United States (excluding the territories) increased 2.6 percent in 2015 after increasing 2.4 percent in 2014.

Bureau of Economic Analysis Releases 2015 GDP Data for American Samoa Territory Now Has GDP Data Spanning 14 Years Beginning in 2002

| The BEA Wire

This is a guest blog by the Department of Interior

Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina  announced today that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has released gross domestic product (GDP) data for 2015 for American Samoa.

June 2016 Trade Gap is $44.5 Billion

| The BEA Wire

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit increased in June 2016 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $41.0 billion in May (revised) to $44.5 billion in June, as imports increased more than exports. The previously published May deficit was $41.1 billion. The goods deficit increased $3.8 billion in June to $66.0 billion. The services surplus increased $0.3 billion to $21.5…

U.S International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2016

| News Release

U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis NEWS U.S. Department of Commerce * Washington, DC 20230 U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES June 2016 The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.

Consumer Spending on Durable Goods Rises in June

| The BEA Wire

Personal income increased 0.2 percent in June, the same increase as in May. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.3 percent in June after increasing 0.2 percent in May.

Personal Income and Outlays, June 2016

| News Release

Personal income increased $29.3 billion (0.2 percent) in June according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) increased $24.6 billion (0.2 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $53.0 billion (0.4 percent). Real DPI increased 0.1 percent in June and Real PCE increased 0.3 percent. The PCE price index increased 0.1 percent.

GDP Update Finds Little Change in Economic Picture of Last 3 Years

| The BEA Wire

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its annual update of GDP and related statistics today, adjusting its picture of U.S. economic activity during the past three years to reflect newly available data.

GDP Increases in Second Quarter

| The BEA Wire

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.2 percent in the second quarter of 2016, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 0.8 percent (revised).