July 11, 2025

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.

Principal Federal Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product
Q1 2025 (3rd)
-0.5%
Personal Income
May 2025
-0.4%
International Trade in Goods and Services
May 2025
-$71.5 B
International Transactions
Q1 2025
-$450.2 B

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Personal Income and Outlays, December 2007

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DECEMBER 2007 Personal income increased $55.1 billion, or 0.5 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $47.5 billion, or 0.5 percent, in December, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $23.5 billion, or 0.2 percent.

Gross Domestic Product, Fourth Quarter 2007 (advance)

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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 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to advance estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 4.9 percent. The Bureau emphasized that the fourth-quarter "advance" estimates are based on source data that are…

Revised Statistics of Gross Domestic Product by Industry, 2004-2006

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Revised Statistics of Gross Domestic Product by Industry, 2004-2006

Revised statistics on the industry distribution of real gross domestic product (GDP), released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, show that the private services-producing sector continued to lead overall GDP growth in 2006, increasing 4.2 percent, while growth in the private goods-producing sector slowed to 0.8 percent. Overall growth of the U.S. economy…

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: November 2007

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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 November 2007 Goods and Services The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S.

Personal Income and Outlays, November 2007

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NOVEMBER 2007 Personal income increased $43.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $32.9 billion, or 0.3 percent, in November, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $110.6 billion, or 1.1 percent.

County Estimates of Compensation by Industry, 2004-2006

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WASHINGTON DC, DECEMBER 20, 2007 – Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released county estimates of compensation by industry for 2004–2006. The estimates for 2004–2005 have been revised to incorporate newly available source data; the estimates for 2006 are released for the first time.

Gross Domestic Product and Corporate Profits: Third Quarter 2007 "final" estimates

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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 4.9 percent in the third quarter of 2007, according to final estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 3.8 percent. The GDP estimates released today are based on more complete source data than were available for the…

State Quarterly Personal Income, 1st quarter 2006-3rd quarter 2007

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WASHINGTON DC, DECEMBER 19, 2007 - U.S. personal income growth accelerated to 1.4 percent in the third quarter of 2007 from 0.9 percent in the second quarter. The acceleration returns the personal income growth rate close to its average for the last two years after a strong first quarter and weaker second quarter.

Tourism Satellite Accounts, Third Quarter 2007

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December 2007

Real direct tourism spending increased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the third quarter of 2007, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.  In the second quarter, real direct tourism spending (all output consumed by visitors) decreased 0.6 percent (revised).  By comparison, real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 4.9 percent (preliminary) in the third quarter…

U.S. International Transactions: Third Quarter 2007

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U.S. International Transactions: Third Quarter 2007