June 14, 2013 | News Release
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June 12, 2013 | The BEA Wire
Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released experimental real, or inflation-adjusted, estimates of personal income for states and metropolitan areas. The inflation adjustments are based in part on regional price parities (RPPs), which provide a measure of differences in price levels across each state and region relative to the national price level for each of the years 2007–2011.
June 12, 2013 | News Release
Today, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released experimental real, or inflation-adjusted, estimates of personal income for states and metropolitan areas. The inflation-adjustments are based in part on regional price parities (RPPs) that provide a measure of differences in price levels across each state and region relative to the national price level for each of the years, 2007-2011.
June 6, 2013 | The BEA Wire
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia in 2012. Leading industry contributors were durable-goods manufacturing, finance and insurance, and wholesale trade.
Durable-goods manufacturing was the largest contributor to U.S. real GDP by state growth in 2012.
June 6, 2013 | News Release
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June 4, 2013 | The BEA Wire
The U.S. monthly international trade deficit increased in April 2013 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $37.1 billion (revised) in March to $40.3 billion in April as imports increased more than exports. The previously published March deficit was $38.8 billion. The goods deficit increased $3.2 billion from March to $58.6 billion in April; the services surplus increased $0.1…
May 31, 2013 | The BEA Wire
Personal income remained flat in April after increasing 0.3 percent in March. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, remained flat in April after increasing 0.2 percent in March.
Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI), after-tax income, decreased 0.1 percent in April after increasing 0.2 percent in March.
Real DPI, income adjusted for taxes and inflation, increased 0.1 percent in April after…
May 31, 2013 | News Release
Personal income decreased $5.6 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, and disposable personal
income (DPI) decreased $16.1 billion, or 0.1 percent, inApril, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $20.5 billion, or 0.2 percent. In March, personal income
increased $36.2 billion, or 0.3 percent, DPI increased $25.4 billion, or 0.2 percent, and PCE increased
$14.2 billion, or 0.1 percent, based…
May 30, 2013 | The BEA Wire
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 after increasing 0.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The first-quarter growth rate was revised down 0.1 percentage point from the advance estimate released in April.
GDP highlights
The following contributed to the acceleration in growth: