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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Second Quarter Growth in Service Industries Widespread Across States

December 10, 2015 | The BEA Wire

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 46 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2015. Overall, U.S. real GDP by state grew at an annual rate of 3.8 percent in the second quarter of 2015 after increasing 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2015. Finance and insurance; professional, scientific, and technical services; and wholesale trade were the leading contributors to real U.S. economic growth in the second…

Gross Domestic Product by State, 2nd Quarter 2015

December 10, 2015 | News Release

Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released–for the first time–gross domestic product (GDP) by state for 21 industry sectors on a quarterly basis.1 These new statistics supplement BEA's national quarterly GDP by industry statistics first released in April 2014. These new data provide timely information on how specific industries contribute to accelerations, decelerations, and turning points in economic growth at the state level…

GDP by State Statistics for Second Quarter of 2015 to be Released December 10

December 9, 2015 | The BEA Wire

New statistics on the economic performance of all 50 states and the District of Columbia during the second quarter of 2015 will be released Thursday, Dec. 10 at 8:30 a.m. eastern time by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

October 2015 Trade Gap is $43.9 Billion

December 4, 2015 | The BEA Wire

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit increased in October 2015 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $42.5 billion in September (revised) to $43.9 billion in October, as exports decreased more than imports. The previously published September deficit was $40.8 billion.  The goods deficit increased $2.1 billion from September to $63.1 billion in October. The…

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

December 4, 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 OCTOBER 2015 The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.

Guest Blog: U.S. Remains No. 1 Choice for Foreign Investment – New Stats Released

December 3, 2015 | The BEA Wire

This is a guest blog by Vinai Thummalapally, Executive Director of SelectUSA.

On Monday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released highly-anticipated data highlighting new foreign direct investment (FDI) expenditures in the United States.

Bureau of Economic Analysis Releases Two New Data Sets to Deepen Understanding of U.S. Economy

December 3, 2015 | The BEA Wire

In the past two days, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic  Analysis (BEA) has released two brand new sets of economic statistics that business people, entrepreneurs, policy makers, households and others can use to make more informed decisions in their professional and personal lives.

Guam's Economy Grew 1 Percent in 2014

December 2, 2015 | The BEA Wire

Guam’s real gross domestic product — adjusted to remove price changes — increased 1 percent in 2014.   For comparison, economic growth for the United States (excluding the territories) increased 2.4 percent during the same period.

Growth in Guam was widespread among the components of GDP and included increases in private fixed investment, government spending and consumer spending.  Growth in these components was partly…

Gross Domestic Product for Guam, 2014

December 2, 2015 | News Release

This release is available as a PDF download.

 

BEA Introduces New Measures of the Regional Economy

December 1, 2015 | The BEA Wire

Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released official statistics on personal consumption expenditures (PCE) by state for 1997-2014. PCE by state – the measure of goods and services purchased by or on behalf of households by state of residence – provides insight into household spending patterns across states and can be used together with other regional data to gain a better understanding of regional economies.