July 11, 2025

New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2024

Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $151.0 billion in 2024, according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenditures decreased $24.9 billion, or 14.2 percent, from $176.0 billion (revised) in 2023 and were below the annual average of $277.2 billion for 2014–2023. As in previous years, acquisitions of existing U.S. businesses accounted for most of the expenditures.

Principal Federal Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product
Q1 2025 (3rd)
-0.5%
Personal Income
May 2025
-0.4%
International Trade in Goods and Services
May 2025
-$71.5 B
International Transactions
Q1 2025
-$450.2 B

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September 2016 Trade Gap is $36.4 Billion

| The BEA Wire

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in September 2016 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $40.5 billion in August (revised) to $36.4 billion in September, as exports increased and imports decreased. The previously published August deficit was $40.7 billion. The goods deficit decreased $2.6 billion in September to $57.5 billion. The services surplus…

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, September 2016

| News Release

U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis NEWS U.S. Department of Commerce * Washington, DC 20230 U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES September 2016 The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that the goods and services deficit was $36.4 billion in September, down $4.0 billion from $…

Gross Domestic Product by Industry: Second Quarter 2016 Annual Update: 2013 through First Quarter 2016

| The BEA Wire

Transportation and warehousing; health care and social assistance; and professional, scientific, and technical services were the leading contributors to the increase in U.S. economic growth in the second quarter of 2016. Overall, 15 of 22 industry groups contributed to the 1.4 percent increase in real GDP in the second quarter.

Gross Domestic Product by Industry, 2nd quarter 2016

| News Release

Transportation and warehousing; health care and social assistance; and professional, scientific, and technical services were the leading contributors to the increase in U.S. economic growth in the second quarter of 2016. According to gross domestic product (GDP) by industry statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, 15 of 22 industry groups contributed to the overall 1.4 percent increase in real GDP in the second quarter.

BEA Releases New Batch of Health Care Statistics

| The BEA Wire

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

The numbers, which cover 2013, offer new insights into health care, which accounts for more than 17 percent of the U.S. economy.

Consumer Spending Rises in September

| The BEA Wire

Personal income increased 0.3 percent in September after increasing 0.2 percent in August. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.3 percent in September after increasing 0.1 percent in August.

Personal Income and Outlays, September 2016

| News Release

Personal income increased $46.7 billion (0.3 percent) in September according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) increased $37.0 billion (0.3 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $61.0 billion (0.5 percent). Real DPI increased less than 0.1 percent in September and Real PCE increased 0.3 percent. The PCE price index increased 0.2 percent.

GDP Increases in Third Quarter

| The BEA Wire

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.9 percent in the third quarter of 2016, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP rose 1.4 percent.

Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2016 (advance estimate)

| News Release

Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.9 percent in the third quarter of 2016 (table 1), according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 1.4 percent. The Bureau emphasized that the third-quarter advance estimate released today is based on source data that are incomplete or subject to further revision by the source agency (see “Source Data for the…

Learn How BEA's Regional Statistics are Used to Distribute Federal Funds to State and Local Governments

| The BEA Wire

Did you know that each year BEA regional economic statistics, such as annual personal income and per capita personal income are used to allocate billions of dollars in federal funds to states and local governments?  In fiscal year 2015, nearly $400 billion in federal funds were distributed under programs using BEA statistics in federal funding formulas.