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

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Finance and Insurance Led Growth in the Second Quarter: Gross Domestic Product by Industry

| The BEA Wire

Finance and insurance; professional, scientific, and technical services; and wholesale trade were the leading contributors to the increase in U.S. economic growth in the second quarter of 2015. Overall, 18 of 22 industry groups contributed to the 3.9 percent increase in real GDP in the second quarter.

Gross Domestic Product by Industry, 2nd quarter, 2015

| News Release

Finance and insurance; professional, scientific, and technical services; and wholesale trade were the leading contributors to the increase in U.S. economic growth in the second 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, 18 of 22 industry groups contributed to the 3.9 percent increase in real GDP in the second quarter.…

September 2015 Trade Gap is $40.8 Billion

| The BEA Wire

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in September 2015 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $48.0 billion in August (revised) to $40.8 billion in September, as exports increased and imports decreased. The previously published August deficit was $48.3 billion. The goods deficit decreased $7.3 billion from August to $60.3 billion in September. The services…

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, September 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 SEPTEMBER 2015 The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.

Real Consumer Spending Increases in September

| The BEA Wire

Personal income increased 0.1 percent in September, after increasing 0.4 percent in August. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, remained flat in September after rising 0.5 percent in August.

Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI), after-tax income, increased 0.1 percent in September after increasing 0.4 percent in August.

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

Personal Income and Outlays, September 2015

| News Release

Personal income increased $18.6 billion, or 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $19.2 billion, or 0.1 percent, in September, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $15.6 billion, or 0.1 percent. In August, personal income increased $54.9 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $49.5 billion, or 0.4 percent, and PCE increased $44.2 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on…

GDP Increases in Third Quarter

| The BEA Wire

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.5 percent in the third quarter of 2015, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. 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 services increased, notably on health care. Spending on nondurable and durable goods also rose.

Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2015 (advance 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 1.5 percent in the third quarter of 2015, according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Guest Blog: Spending on Disease Treatment has Increased, but Good Health Outcomes Have Too

| The BEA Wire

by Cynthia Cox Kaiser Family Foundation

(This post, from the Kaiser Family Foundation, is based on BEA’s new health care statistics released earlier this year.)

Coming Soon: Webinar for BE-180 Survey Respondents

| The BEA Wire

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will be conducting an informational webinar on Thursday, October 22, at 1 p.m., to discuss the BE-180 Benchmark Survey of Financial Services Transactions between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Foreign persons. Topics of discussion will include: