Bureau of Economic Analysis

Real GDP increased in 282 of the nation’s 381 metropolitan areas in 2014, led by widespread growth in professional and business services; finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing; and trade.

Real GDP increased in 282 of the nation's 381 metropolitan areas in 2014, led by growth in several industry groups: professional and business services, wholesale and retail trade, and the group of finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing. Natural resources and mining remained a strong contributor to growth in several metropolitan areas. Collectively, real GDP for U. S. metropolitan areas increased 2.3 percent in 2014 after…

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)—decreased to $109.7 billion (preliminary) in the second quarter of 2015 from $118.3 billion (revised) in the first quarter of 2015. As a percentage of U.S. GDP, the deficit decreased to 2.5 percent from 2.7 percent.…

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Real spending (output) on travel and tourism accelerated in the second quarter of 2015, increasing at an annual rate of 6.5 percent after increasing 2.2 percent (revised) in the first quarter of 2015. Real gross domestic product (GDP) also accelerated, increasing 3.7 percent (second estimate) in the second quarter after increasing 0.6 percent.

Real spending (output) on travel and tourism accelerated in the second quarter of 2015, increasing at an annual rate of 6.5 percent after increasing 2.2 percent (revised) in the first quarter of 2015. Real gross domestic product (GDP) also accelerated, increasing 3.7 percent (second estimate) in the second quarter after increasing 0.6 percent.

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in July 2015 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $45.2 billion in June (revised) to $41.9 billion in July, as exports increased and imports decreased. The previously published June deficit was $43.8 billion. The goods deficit decreased $3.4 billion from June to $61.4 billion in July. The services surplus decreased less…

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Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is releasing prototype quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) by state statistics for 2005–2014. The quarterly GDP by state statistics are released for 21 industry sectors and are in both current and inflation-adjusted chained (2009) dollars.

Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI), after-tax income, increased 0.5 percent in July after increasing 0.4 percent in June.

Real DPI, income adjusted for taxes and inflation, increased 0.4 percent in July after increasing 0.2 percent in June.

Real consumer spending (PCE), spending adjusted for price changes, increased 0.2 percent in July after increasing less than 0.1 percent in June. Spending on durable…