September 26, 2025

Split Personal Income and Outlays, October 2025 and Gross Domestic Product by State and Personal Income by State, 2nd quarter 2025 and Personal Consumption Expenditures by State, 2024

Personal Income and Outlays, August 2025

Personal income increased $95.7 billion (0.4 percent at a monthly rate) in August, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $86.1 billion (0.4 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $129.2 billion (0.6 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $132.9 billion in August. Personal saving was $1.06 trillion in August and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 4.6 percent.

Gross Domestic Product by State and Personal Income by State, 2nd Quarter 2025 and Personal Consumption Expenditures by State, 2024

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 48 states in the second quarter of 2025. State-level changes ranged from a 7.3 percent increase in North Dakota to a 1.1 percent decline in Arkansas.

Personal income increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2025. State-level changes ranged from a 10.4 percent increase in Kansas to a 0.9 percent increase in Arkansas.

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2024. State-level changes in PCE ranged from a 7.0 percent increase in Florida to a 4.3 percent increase in Mississippi.

Principal Federal Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product
Q2 2025 (3rd)
+3.8%
Personal Income
August 2025
+0.4%
International Trade in Goods and Services
July 2025
-$78.3 B
International Transactions
Q2 2025
-$251.3 B

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| The BEA Wire

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Gross Domestic Product, Second Quarter 2024 (Advance Estimate)

| News Release

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Direct Investment by Country and Industry, 2023

| The BEA Wire

The U.S. direct investment abroad position, or cumulative level of investment, increased $364.0 billion to $6.68 trillion at the end of 2023, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The increase reflected a $147.1 billion increase in the position in Europe (chart 1), primarily in Ireland, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. By industry, holding company affiliates had the largest increase.

Direct Investment by Country and Industry, 2023

| News Release

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| The BEA Wire

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The Transformative Power of BEA’s Supply-Use Tables

| The BEA Wire

A blog from BEA Director Vipin Arora

BEA’s supply-use tables may be the unsung hero of economic accounting.

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New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2023

| The BEA Wire

Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $148.8 billion in 2023, down $57.4 billion, or 28 percent, from $206.2 billion in 2022. 

New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2023

| News Release

Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $148.8 billion in 2023 (chart 1), according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenditures decreased $57.4 billion, or 28 percent, from $206.2 billion (revised) in 2022 and were below the annual average of $265.6 billion for 2014–2022. As in previous years, acquisitions of existing U.S. businesses…

May 2024 Trade Gap is $75.1 Billion

| The BEA Wire

The U.S. goods and services trade deficit increased from $74.5 billion in April (revised) to $75.1 billion in May, as exports decreased more than imports. The goods deficit increased $0.9 billion to $100.2 billion, and the services surplus increased $0.3 billion to $25.1 billion.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2024

| News Release

The U.S. goods and services trade deficit increased in May 2024 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $74.5 billion in April (revised) to $75.1 billion in May, as exports decreased more than imports. The goods deficit increased $0.9 billion in May to $100.2 billion. The services surplus increased $0.3 billion in May to $25.1 billion.