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, June 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.

Real Consumer Spending Flat in June

| 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.

Personal Income and Outlays, June 2015; Includes historical revisions

| 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.

Detailed Direct Investment Data for 2014 Now Available

| 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.

GDP Increases in Second Quarter

| 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.…

Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2015 (advance estimate); Includes historical revisions

| 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.

Industry in Focus: Transportation and Warehousing

| 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.

Nondurable Goods Manufacturing Led the Downturn in First Quarter Gross Domestic Product by Industry

| 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.

Gross Domestic Product by Industry, 1st quarter, 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.

Why Does BEA Revise GDP Estimates?

| 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.