June 24, 2025

U.S. International Transactions, 1st Quarter 2025 and Annual Update

The U.S. current-account deficit widened by $138.2 billion, or 44.3 percent, to $450.2 billion in the first quarter of 2025, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The revised fourth-quarter deficit was $312.0 billion. The first-quarter deficit was 6.0 percent of current-dollar gross domestic product, up from 4.2 percent in the fourth quarter.

Principal Federal Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product
Q1 2025 (2nd)
-0.2%
Personal Income
April 2025
+0.8%
International Trade in Goods and Services
April 2025
-$61.6 B
International Transactions
Q1 2025
-$450.2 B

Noteworthy

The Latest

U.S. Net International Investment Position First Quarter 2017

June 28, 2017 | The BEA Wire

Preliminary Statistics for U.S. Net International Investment Position

Errata: The numbers in this blog no longer stand. Please refer to the updated news release and blog posted on July 5, 2017.

U.S. Net International Investment Position Year 2016

June 28, 2017 | The BEA Wire

The U.S. net international investment position decreased to −$8,318.4 billion (revised) at the end of 2016 from −$7,493.5 billion (revised) at the end of 2015.

U.S. International Investment Position, 1st quarter 2017, Year 2016, and annual update

June 28, 2017 | News Release

ERRATA Table 1 and relevant text in the "U.S. Net International Investment Position: First Quarter 2017, Year 2016, and Annual Update" news release and corresponding statistics in the Interactive Tables were corrected on July 5, 2017. The corrections affect statistics for portfolio investment long-term debt liabilities and related aggregate statistics for the first quarter of 2017. Related financial transactions statistics were also corrected…

State Personal Income, First Quarter 2017

June 27, 2017 | The BEA Wire

State personal income growth accelerated to 1.0 percent on average in the first quarter of 2017 from 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016. Earnings and personal current transfer receipts were the leading contributors to growth for the nation and in most states.

State Quarterly Personal Income, 1st quarter 2017

June 27, 2017 | News Release

State personal income growth accelerated to 1.0 percent on average in the first quarter of 2017 from 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (table 1). Earnings and personal current transfer receipts were the leading contributors to growth for the nation and in most states (table 2).

State Personal Income, First Quarter 2017

June 26, 2017 | The BEA Wire

Real spending (output) on travel and tourism turned up in the first quarter of 2017, increasing at an annual rate of 0.4 percent after decreasing 2.7 percent (revised) in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to new statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In contrast, real gross domestic product (GDP) for the nation decelerated, increasing 1.2 percent in the first quarter (second estimate) after increasing 2.1 percent in the…

Travel and Tourism Spending Turned Up in the First Quarter

June 26, 2017 | The BEA Wire

Real spending (output) on travel and tourism turned up in the first quarter of 2017, increasing at an annual rate of 0.4 percent after decreasing 2.7 percent (revised) in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to new statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In contrast, real gross domestic product (GDP) for the nation decelerated, increasing 1.2 percent in the first quarter (second estimate) after increasing 2.1 percent in the…

Travel and Tourism Satellite Accounts, 1st quarter 2017

June 26, 2017 | News Release

Real spending (output) on travel and tourism turned up in the first quarter of 2017, increasing at an annual rate of 0.4 percent after decreasing 2.7 percent (revised) in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to new statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In contrast, real gross domestic product (GDP) for the nation decelerated, increasing 1.2 percent in the first quarter (second estimate) after increasing 2.1 percent in the…

Real Personal Income for Metropolitan Areas, 2015

June 22, 2017 | The BEA Wire

Growth of real personal income for metropolitan areas — an area’s current-dollar personal income adjusted by its regional price parity (RPP) and the national personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index — ranged from -10.1 percent in Midland, TX to 9.9 percent in Carson City, NV.

Real Personal Income for States, 2015

June 22, 2017 | The BEA Wire

Growth of real state personal income — a state’s current-dollar personal income adjusted by the state’sregional price parity (RPP) and the national personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index —ranged from -2.3 percent in North Dakota to 7.0 percent in Delaware.