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Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises, 2023
Worldwide employment by U.S. multinational enterprises decreased 0.4 percent to 43.9 million workers in 2023 (preliminary) from 44.1 million workers in 2022 (revised), according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis on the operations and finances of U.S. parent companies and their foreign affiliates.
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Personal Income and Outlays, August 2017
In August 2017, real disposable personal income decreased 0.1 percent.
GDP Increases in Second Quarter
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 highlightsThe second-quarter increase in real GDP reflected increases in consumer spending on goods and services as…
Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2017 (third estimate); Corporate Profits, 2nd quarter 2017 (revised estimate)
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.
U.S. Net International Investment Position Second Quarter 2017
The U.S. net international investment position increased to −$7,934.9 billion (preliminary) at the end of the second quarter from −$8,091.6 billion (revised) at the end of the first quarter. The $156.7 billion increase reflected net financial transactions of –$107.5 billion and net other changes in position, such as price and exchange-rate changes, of $264.2 billion.
U.S. International Investment Position, 2nd quarter 2017
The U.S. net international investment position increased to -$7,934.9 billion (preliminary) at the end of the second quarter of 2017 from -$8,091.6 billion (revised) at the end of the first quarter, according to statistics released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The $156.7 billion increase reflected a $1,004.2 billion increase in U.S. assets and an $847.5 billion increase in U.S. liabilities (table 1).
State Personal Income, Second Quarter 2017
State personal income grew 0.7 percent on average in the second quarter of 2017, after increasing 1.4 percent in the first quarter.
State Quarterly Personal Income, 2nd quarter 2017; State Annual Personal Income, 2016
State personal income grew 0.7 percent on average in the second quarter of 2017, after increasing 1.4 percent in the first quarter. Each of the major aggregates of personal income—net earnings, property income, and personal current transfer receipts—grew more slowly than in the first quarter.
Gross Domestic Product by Metropolitan Area, 2016
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 267 out of 382 metropolitan areas in 2016 according to statistics on the geographic breakout of GDP released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real GDP by metropolitan area growth ranged from 8.1 percent in Lake Charles, LA and Bend-Redmond, OR to -13.3 percent in Odessa, TX (table 2).
U.S. Current-Account Deficit Increases in Second Quarter 2017
The U.S. current-account deficit increased to $123.1 billion (preliminary) in the second quarter of 2017 from $113.5 billion (revised) in the first quarter of 2017. As a percentage of U.S. GDP, the deficit increased to 2.6 percent from 2.4 percent. The previously published current-account deficit for the first quarter was $116.8 billion.