Bureau of Economic Analysis

Errata: Numbers in this blog have been corrected. Net U.S. borrowing from financial-account transactions now stands at $115.3 billion in the first quarter. Net U.S. incurrence of liabilities excluding financial derivatives is $395.0 billion.

ERRATA Tables 1 and 7 and relevant text in the "U.S. International Transactions: First Quarter 2017 and Annual Update" news release and corresponding statistics in the Interactive Tables were corrected on July 5, 2017. The corrections affect statistics for net U.S. incurrence of portfolio investment long-term debt liabilities and related aggregate statistics for the first quarter of 2017; related statistics for U.S.

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit increased in April 2017 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $45.3 billion in March (revised) to $47.6 billion in April, as exports decreased and imports increased. The previously published March deficit was $43.7 billion. The goods deficit increased $2.3 billion in April to $68.4 billion. The services surplus decreased less than $…

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Total April exports of $191.0 billion and imports of $238.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $47.6 billion.

Personal income increased 0.4 percent in April after increasing 0.2 percent in March. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.7 percent in April after remaining unchanged in March.

Personal income increased $58.4 billion (0.4 percent) in April according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) increased $56.5 billion (0.4 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $53.2 billion (0.4 percent).

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.2 percent in the first quarter of 2017, according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The growth rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the “advance” estimate released in April. In the fourth quarter of 2016, real GDP rose 2.1 percent.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.2 percent in the first quarter of 2017, according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter, real GDP increased 2.1 percent.