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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.
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GDP Growth Slows in Fourth Quarter
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In the third quarter, the growth rate was 4.1 percent. For the full year 2013, real GDP increased 1.9 percent, compared with 2.8 percent in 2012.
Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter and annual 2013 (advance estimate)
Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Widespread Growth Across Industries in 2012
Professional and business services; finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing; mining; and manufacturing were the leading contributors to U.S. economic growth in 2012, according to revised statistics on the breakout of real gross domestic product (GDP) by industry from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Comprehensive Revision of the Annual Industry Accounts, 2014
Widespread Growth Across Industries in 2012 Revised Statistics of Gross Domestic Product by Industry for 1997-2012
November 2013 Trade Gap is $34.3 Billion
The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in November 2013 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $39.3 billion in October (revised) to $34.3 billion in November as exports increased and imports decreased. The previously published October deficit was $40.6 billion. The goods deficit decreased $4.9 billion from October to $53.9 billion in November; the services…
Value of Both Foreign Investments in the United States and U.S. Investments Abroad Increased in Third Quarter 2013
The U.S. net international investment position was –$4,165.6 billion (preliminary) at the end of the third quarter of 2013 as the value of foreign investments in the United States exceeded the value of U.S. investments abroad. At the end of the second quarter, the net position was –$4,455.0 billion (revised).
U.S. International Investment Position, 3rd quarter 2013
The U.S. net international investment position at the end of the third quarter of 2013 was -$4,165.6 billion (preliminary) as the value of foreign investments in the United States exceeded the value of U.S. investments abroad (table 1). At the end of the second quarter, the U.S. net international investment position was -$4,455.0 billion (revised).
Consumer Spending Rises in November
Personal income increased 0.2 percent in November after decreasing 0.1 percent in October. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, rose 0.4 percent after rising 0.1 percent.
Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI), after-tax income, increased 0.1 percent in November after decreasing 0.2 percent in October.
Real DPI, income adjusted for taxes and inflation, increased 0.1 percent in November…
Personal Income and Outlays, November 2013
Personal income increased $30.1 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $16.2 billion, or 0.1 percent in November according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $63.0 billion, or 0.5 percent. In October, personal income decreased $11.7 billion, or 0.1 percent, DPI decreased $25.6 billion, or 0.2 percent, and PCE increased $44.2 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on…