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

Noteworthy

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Information Industry Group Led Growth Across States in the Fourth Quarter

| The BEA Wire

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 41 states and the District of Columbia in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to statistics on the geographic breakout of GDP released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real GDP by state growth, at an annual rate, ranged from 3.0 percent in Indiana to –3.4 percent in Wyoming. Information; construction; and professional, scientific, and technical services were the leading contributors to…

Gross Domestic Product by State, 4th quarter and Annual 2015

| News Release

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 41 states and the District of Columbia in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to statistics on the geographic breakout of GDP released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real GDP by state growth, at an annual rate, ranged from 3.0 percent in Indiana to –3.4 percent in Wyoming. Information; construction; and professional, scientific, and technical services were the leading contributors to…

April 2016 Trade Gap is $37.4 Billion

| The BEA Wire

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit increased in April 2016 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $35.5 billion in March (revised) to $37.4 billion in April, as imports increased more than exports. The previously published March deficit was $40.4 billion. The goods deficit increased $1.4 billion from March to $58.8 billion in April. The services surplus decreased $0.5…

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, April 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 April 2016 The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, 2015 Annual Revision

| News Release

U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis NEWS U.S. Department of Commerce * Washington, D.C. 20230

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services

Annual Revision for 2015

BEA Moves Ahead on Second Phase to Combat Potential for Residual Seasonality in GDP

| The BEA Wire

The Bureau of Economic Analysis is moving ahead on the second phase of a three-pronged plan to refine its estimates of gross domestic product by reducing potential sources of “residual” seasonality.  That’s when seasonal patterns remain in data even after they are adjusted for seasonal variations.

Personal Income Rises in April

| The BEA Wire

Personal income increased 0.4 percent in April, the same increase as in March. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.5 percent in April after increasing 0.4 percent in March.

Personal Income and Outlays, April 2016

| News Release

Personal income increased $69.8 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $63.5 billion, or 0.5 percent, in April, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $119.2 billion, or 1.0 percent.

GDP Increases in First Quarter

| The BEA Wire

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2016, according to the “second” estimate released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The growth rate was 0.3 percentage point higher than the “advance” estimate released last month. In the fourth quarter of 2015, real GDP increased 1.4 percent.

Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 2016 (second estimate); Corporate Profits, 1st quarter 2016 (preliminary estimate)

| News Release

Real gross domestic product -- the value of the goods and services produced by the nation’s economy less the value of the goods and services used up in production, adjusted for price changes -- increased at an annual rate of 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2016, according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter, real GDP increased 1.4 percent. The GDP estimate released today…