April 29, 2016 | The BEA Wire
Personal income increased 0.4 percent in March after increasing 0.1 percent in February. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.4 percent in March after decreasing 0.1 percent in February.
April 29, 2016 | News Release
Personal income increased $57.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $50.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, in March, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $12.8 billion, or 0.1 percent.
April 28, 2016 | The BEA Wire
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2016, according to the “advance” estimate released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter of 2015, real GDP increased 1.4 percent.
April 28, 2016 | 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 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2016, according to the
"advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
April 21, 2016 | The BEA Wire
The Information industry, more than just about any other industry, illustrates just how much the U.S. economy has changed over time. Not all that long ago, in previously used industry classification systems, the information sector didn’t have its own category. Many of its activities fell under other industries such as manufacturing, communications, and business services, but weren’t always separately identified.
April 21, 2016 | The BEA Wire
Information; construction; and professional, scientific, and technical services were the leading contributors to the increase in U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2015. Overall, 16 of 22 industry groups contributed to the 1.4 percent increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter.
April 21, 2016 | News Release
Information; construction; and professional, scientific, and technical services were the leading contributors to the increase in U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2015. According to statistics on the breakout of gross domestic product (GDP) by industry released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), overall, 16 of 22 industry groups contributed to the 1.4 percent increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter.
April 18, 2016 | The BEA Wire
The Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Treasury Department are preparing to implement a change that will simplify how certain cross-border investments by or into private funds are reported on Treasury International Capital, or TIC, surveys of portfolio investment and BEA surveys of direct investment.
April 6, 2016 | The BEA Wire
For years, BEA has provided state-by-state information on people’s incomes, which includes refundable tax credits and rebates. But BEA did not break out the refundable tax credit statistics.
Now, for the first time, BEA is making available the amounts and types of federal refundable tax credits broken out for each state, giving policymakers, researchers and academics a new tool for economic analysis.
April 5, 2016 | The BEA Wire
The U.S. monthly international trade deficit increased in February 2016 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $45.9 billion in January (revised) to $47.1 billion in February, as imports increased more than exports. The previously published January deficit was $45.7 billion. The goods deficit increased $0.9 billion from January to $64.7 billion in February. The services surplus…
