August 22, 2025

Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises, 2023

Worldwide employment by U.S. multinational enterprises decreased 0.4 percent to 43.9 million workers in 2023 (preliminary) from 44.1 million workers in 2022 (revised), according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis on the operations and finances of U.S. parent companies and their foreign affiliates.

Principal Federal Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product
Q2 2025 (Adv)
+3.0%
Personal Income
June 2025
+0.3%
International Trade in Goods and Services
June 2025
-$60.2 B
International Transactions
Q1 2025
-$450.2 B

Noteworthy

The Latest

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, November 2015

| 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 NOVEMBER 2015 The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.

Value of U.S. Assets Decreased More than U.S. Liabilities in Third Quarter 2015

| The BEA Wire

The U.S. net international investment position was -$7,269.8 billion (preliminary) at the end of the third quarter of 2015 as the value of U.S. liabilities exceeded the value of U.S. assets. At the end of the second quarter, the net investment position was -$6,743.1 billion (revised).

U.S. International Investment Position, 3rd quarter 2015

| News Release

The U.S. net international investment position at the end of the third quarter of 2015 was -$7,269.8 billion (preliminary) as the value of U.S. liabilities exceeded the value of U.S. assets (chart 1, table 1). At the end of the second quarter, the net investment position was -$6,743.1 billion (revised).

Real PCE Increases in November

| The BEA Wire

Personal income increased 0.3 percent in November after increasing 0.4 percent in October. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.5 percent in November after increasing 0.6 percent in October.

Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI), after-tax income, increased 0.3 percent in November after increasing 0.4 percent in October.

Real DPI, income adjusted for taxes and inflation, increased…

Personal Income and Outlays, November 2015

| News Release

Personal income increased $44.4 billion, or 0.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $34.5 billion, or 0.3 percent, in November, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $40.1 billion, or 0.3 percent.

GDP Increases in Third Quarter

| The BEA Wire

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.0 percent in the third quarter of 2015, according to the “third” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The growth rate was revised down 0.1 percentage point from the “second” estimate released in November. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 3.9 percent.

GDP highlights The third-quarter increase in real GDP mainly reflected a rise in consumer spending. Spending on…

Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2015 (third estimate); Corporate Profits, 3rd quarter 2015 (revised 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 2.0 percent in the third quarter of 2015, according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 3.9 percent. The GDP estimate released today…

State Personal Income: Third Quarter 2015

| The BEA Wire

State personal income grew 1.3 percent on average in the third quarter of 2015, the same pace as in the second quarter. Personal income grew in every state with third-quarter personal income growth rates ranging from 0.6 percent in Alaska to 2.2 percent in Nebraska and South Dakota.

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State Quarterly Personal Income, 1st quarter 2015 - 3rd quarter 2015

| News Release

State personal income grew 1.3 percent on average in the third quarter of 2015, the same pace as in the second quarter, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income grew in every state with third-quarter personal income growth rates ranging from 0.6 percent in Alaska to 2.2 percent in Nebraska and South Dakota (table 1).

U.S. Current-Account Deficit Increases in Third Quarter 2015

| The BEA Wire

The U.S. current-account deficit – a net measure of transactions between the United States and the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income (investment income and compensation), and secondary income (current transfers) – increased to $124.1 billion (preliminary) in the third quarter of 2015 from $111.1 billion (revised) in the second quarter of 2015. As a percentage of U.S. GDP, the deficit increased to 2.7 percent from 2.5…