Bureau of Economic Analysis
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, July 2025
The U.S. goods and services trade deficit increased in July 2025 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $59.1 billion in June (revised) to $78.3 billion in July, as imports increased more than exports. The goods deficit increased $18.2 billion in July to $103.9 billion. The services surplus decreased $1.1 billion in July to $25.6 billion.
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Retail Trade Led Growth Across States in the Third Quarter
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 47 states and the District of Columbia in the third quarter of 2015, according to statistics on the geographic breakout of GDP released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Overall, U.S. real GDP by state growth slowed to an annual rate of 1.9 percent in the third quarter of 2015 after increasing 3.8 percent in the second quarter. Retail trade; health care and social assistance; and…
Gross Domestic Product by State, 3rd quarter 2015
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 47 states and the District of Columbia in the third quarter of 2015, according to statistics on the geographic breakout of GDP released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Overall, U.S. real GDP by state growth slowed to an annual rate of 1.9 percent in the third quarter of 2015 after increasing 3.8 percent in the second quarter. Retail trade; health care and social assistance; and…
Gross Domestic Product for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), 2014
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Northern Mariana Islands' Economy Grows for Third Straight Year
The economy of the Northern Mariana Islands expanded in 2014, marking the third consecutive year of growth.
Real gross domestic product, adjusted to remove price changes, increased 3 percent in 2014. For comparison, real GDP for the United States (excluding the territories) increased 2.4 percent during the same period.
The growth in the Northern Mariana Islands’ economy reflected increases in private fixed investment, consumer…
Personal Income Rises in January
Personal income increased 0.5 percent in January after increasing 0.3 percent in December. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.6 percent in January after increasing 0.2 percent in December.
GDP Increases in Fourth Quarter
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.0 percent.
Personal Income and Outlays, January 2016
Personal income increased $79.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $63.5 billion, or 0.5 percent, in January, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $63.0 billion, or 0.5 percent. In December, personal income increased $45.6 billion, or 0.3 percent, DPI increased $39.2 billion, or 0.3 percent, and PCE increased $11.6 billion, or 0.1 percent, based on…
Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter and annual 2015 (second estimate)
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 1.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.0 percent. The GDP estimate released today…
President's Budget Backs BEA Efforts to Provide New and Improved Economic Data
As the fictional great detective Sherlock Holmes put it, and former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has quoted: “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”
In the case of business leaders, households, and policymakers, those data frequently come from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Several initiatives contained in President Barack Obama’s recently unveiled budget for fiscal year 2017 would enable BEA to…
Arts and Culture Grow at Faster Pace as BEA Takes its First Inflation-Adjusted Look
Arts and cultural economic activity, adjusted for inflation, grew 2.5 percent in 2013, according to estimates of the industries’ real value added by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. That compares with a 1.1 percent increase in 2012.
Information services and design services were the leading contributors to the growth in 2013. Overall, 26 of 36 arts and culture-related industries contributed to the increase. As a group, the core arts…