August 5, 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
JUNE 2015
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.
August 3, 2015 | The BEA Wire
Personal income increased 0.4 percent in June and in May. Wages and salaries rose 0.2 percent in June after rising 0.4 percent May.
Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI), after-tax income, increased 0.5 percent in June after rising 0.4 percent in May.
Real DPI, income adjusted for taxes and inflation, increased 0.2 percent in June after increasing 0.1 percent in May.
August 3, 2015 | News Release
Personal income increased $68.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $60.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, in June, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $25.9 billion, or 0.2 percent.
July 31, 2015 | The BEA Wire
Detailed statistics on U.S. direct investment abroad – or “outward direct investment”– and on foreign direct investment in the United States – or “inward direct investment” are now available on BEA’s website.
July 30, 2015 | The BEA Wire
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.3 percent in the second quarter of 2015, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 0.6 percent (revised).
GDP highlights
The second-quarter increase in real GDP mainly reflected an increase in consumer spending. Spending on both durable goods, notably motor vehicles and parts, and nondurable goods increased.…
July 30, 2015 | News Release
Real gross domestic product -- the value of the production of goods and services in the United
States, adjusted for price changes -- increased at an annual rate of 2.3 percent in the second quarter of
2015, according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
July 28, 2015 | The BEA Wire
Transportation and warehousing is an industry that is important to everyone, whether you’re an individual flying home to visit family or a business expecting a shipment of raw materials. In the first quarter of 2015, transportation and warehousing subtracted 0.56 percentage point from real Gross Domestic Product, and was the largest contributor to the 0.2 percent decrease in GDP.
July 23, 2015 | The BEA Wire
A deceleration in nondurable goods manufacturing and downturns in both professional, scientific, and technical services and wholesale trade were the leading contributors to the downturn in U.S. economic growth in the first quarter of 2015. Overall, 15 of 22 industry groups contributed to the downturn in the first quarter.
July 23, 2015 | News Release
A deceleration in nondurable goods manufacturing and downturns in both professional, scientific, and technical services and wholesale trade were the leading contributors to the downturn in U.S. economic growth in the first quarter of 2015, according to statistics on the breakout of GDP by industry released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Overall, 15 of 22 industry groups contributed to the downturn in the first quarter.
July 13, 2015 | The BEA Wire
Each summer, the Bureau of Economic Analysis updates its Gross Domestic Product estimates to incorporate sources of data previously unavailable and make improvements in methodology –– all with the goal of providing the most accurate measure of the U.S. economy’s performance.
