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

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U.S. Virgin Islands GDP Increases 1.5 Percent in 2018

| The BEA Wire

The estimates of GDP for the U.S. Virgin Islands show that real GDP—GDP adjusted to remove price changes—increased 1.5 percent in 2018 after decreasing 0.6 percent in 2017. For comparison, real GDP for the United States (excluding the territories) increased 2.9 percent in 2018 after increasing 2.4 percent in 2017.

Gross Domestic Product for the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), 2018

| News Release

The estimates of GDP for the USVI show that real GDP—GDP adjusted to remove price changes—increased 1.5 percent in 2018 after decreasing 0.6 percent in 2017. For comparison, real GDP for the United States (excluding the territories) increased 2.9 percent in 2018 after increasing 2.4 percent in 2017.

A Look at Counties’ Economic Growth by Region

| The BEA Wire

The first official economic growth statistics for all U.S. counties show which industries contributed to growth from region to region and in counties large, medium, and small across the nation.  

These new Bureau of Economic Analysis statistics feature every county's gross domestic product – the value of goods and services produced within the county – and how much the inflation-adjusted GDP grew or decreased from the previous…

BEA's First Official County GDP Stats

| The BEA Wire

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 2,375 counties, decreased in 717, and was unchanged in 21 in 2018, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The percentage change in real GDP ranged from 86.5 percent in Jackson County, WV, to -44.0 percent in Grant County, ND.

Local Area Gross Domestic Product, 2018

| News Release

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 2,375 counties, decreased in 717, and was unchanged in 21 in 2018, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The percentage change in real GDP ranged from 86.5 percent in Jackson County, WV, to -44.0 percent in Grant County, ND. In 2020, data for counties and metropolitan areas will be contained in a news release called Gross Domestic Product by County…

Guest Blog: New County GDP Data Will Help County Leaders Strategize and Plan

| The BEA Wire

By Teryn Zmuda, Director of Research and Data Analytics at the National Association of Counties.

A new county economic measure will be released this week, providing an in-depth and detailed look into county economies — allowing county leaders to identify areas of strength and opportunity within the county lines. The measure is a county-level estimate of gross domestic product, or GDP, which will be released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis…

October 2019 Trade Gap is $47.2 Billion

| The BEA Wire

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in October 2019 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $51.1 billion in September (revised) to $47.2 billion in October, as imports decreased more than exports. The previously published September deficit was $52.5 billion. The goods deficit decreased $3.7 billion in October to $68.0 billion. The services surplus increased $…

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, October 2019

| News Release

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in October 2019 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $51.1 billion in September (revised) to $47.2 billion in October, as imports decreased more than exports. The previously published September deficit was $52.5 billion. The goods deficit decreased $3.7 billion in October to $68.0 billion. The services surplus increased $0.2…

Personal Income and Outlays: October 2019

| The BEA Wire

Personal income showed virtually no change in October after increasing 0.3 percent in September. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.4 percent in October after increasing 0.1 percent in September.

Personal Income and Outlays, October 2019

| News Release

Personal income showed virtually no change in October after increasing 0.3 percent in September. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.4 percent in October after increasing 0.1 percent in September.