Bureau of Economic Analysis

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.0 percent in the second quarter of 2017, according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The growth rate was 0.4 percentage point more than the “advance” estimate released in July. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 1.2 percent.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.0 percent in the second quarter of 2017, according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 1.2 percent.

The personal saving rate, technically described by BEA as “personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income,” is the percentage households save of their after-tax income. For 2016, the rate was 4.9 percent. The saving rate is published monthly, quarterly, and annually with BEA’s Gross Domestic Product and Personal Income and Outlays statistics. Personal saving statistics are used by businesses, the White House and Congress, the…

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released a new set of statistics detailing how much the United States spends to treat different diseases and medical conditions.

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 provide new data for 2015, as well as revised data for 2014, offer details on the activities of U.S.

This release is available as a PDF download.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released estimates of gross domestic product for American Samoa for 2016 as well as estimates of GDP by industry and compensation by industry for 2015.  These estimates were developed under the Statistical Improvement Program funded by the Office of Insular Affairs  of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Revised estimates of GDP for 2013 to 2015 and revised estimates of GDP by industry and compensation…

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in June 2017 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $46.4 billion in May (revised) to $43.6 billion in June, as exports increased and imports decreased. The previously published May deficit was $46.5 billion. The goods deficit decreased $2.1 billion in June to $65.2 billion. The services surplus increased $0.6 billion in…

Total June exports of $194.4 billion and imports of $238.0 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $43.6 billion.

Gross domestic product is BEA’s flagship statistic, the one people are most likely to know. But we produce lots of other data in addition to the nation’s GDP. You can get a quick overview by exploring BEA’s four main types of economic accounts: regional, national, international and industry.

An easy way to do that is to look through each area’s interactive data tables (tables that can be customized to show the statistics that interest…