March 3, 2014 | The BEA Wire
Personal income increased 0.3 percent in January after remaining flat in December, in part reflecting increases in Medicaid and other government social benefits due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Excluding all special factors, personal income rose 0.2 percent in January, following a decrease of 0.1 percent in December.
Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI),
after-tax income, increased 0.4 percent in January after…
March 3, 2014 | News Release
Personal income increased $43.9 billion, or 0.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $45.2 billion,
or 0.4 percent, in January, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
increased $48.1 billion, or 0.4 percent.
February 28, 2014 | The BEA Wire
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The growth rate was 0.8 percentage point less than the “advance” estimate released in January. In the third quarter, the growth rate was 4.1 percent.
February 28, 2014 | News Release
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 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013
(that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the "second" estimate released by the
Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 4.1 percent.
The GDP estimate released today is based…
February 11, 2014 | The BEA Wire
BEA is releasing several new statistical products this year, part of an ongoing effort to better measure the dynamic U.S. economy and give businesses, policymakers and ordinary Americans additional tools to make informed decisions. Each report will be released at 8:30 a.m. eastern time on the date indicated.
REAL PERSONAL INCOME FOR STATE AND METROPOLITAN AREAS
February 6, 2014 | The BEA Wire
The U.S. monthly international trade deficit increased in December 2013 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $34.6 billion in November (revised) to $38.7 billion in December as exports decreased and imports increased. The previously published November deficit was $34.3 billion. The goods deficit increased $4.6 billion from November to $58.8 billion in December; the services…
February 6, 2014 | News Release
January 31, 2014 | The BEA Wire
Personal income remained flat in December after increasing 0.2 percent in November. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, also remained flat after rising 0.5 percent.
Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI), after-tax income, remained flat in December after increasing 0.1 percent in November.
Real DPI, income adjusted for taxes and inflation, decreased 0.2 percent in December…
January 31, 2014 | News Release
Personal income increased $2.3 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
decreased $3.8 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in December according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $44.1 billion, or 0.4 percent.
January 30, 2014 | The BEA Wire
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In the third quarter, the growth rate was 4.1 percent. For the full year 2013, real GDP increased 1.9 percent, compared with 2.8 percent in 2012.
