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

Noteworthy

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Personal Income and Outlays, December 2019

| News Release

Personal income increased 0.2 percent in December after increasing 0.4 percent in November. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.3 percent in December after increasing 0.4 percent in November.

GDP Increases in Fourth Quarter

| The BEA Wire

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP also increased 2.1 percent. Fourth-quarter GDP highlights The fourth-quarter increase in real GDP reflected increases in consumer spending, government spending, housing investment, and exports which were partially offset by decreases in inventory…

Gross Domestic Product, Fourth Quarter and Year 2019 (Advance Estimate)

| News Release

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP also increased 2.1 percent.

A New Look at U.S. Exporters and Importers of Services

| The BEA Wire

New BEA research offers fresh insights into U.S. firms that export and import services internationally. The research article published recently in the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ Survey of Current Business focuses on firms that are engaged in the trade of “selected services,” a subset of international services trade statistics. BEA’s confidential international surveys gather extensive information on these selected services.

Gross Domestic Product by State: Third Quarter 2019

| The BEA Wire

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia in the third quarter of 2019. The percent change in real GDP in the third quarter ranged from 4.0 percent in Texas to 0.0 percent in Delaware.

Gross Domestic Product by State, Third Quarter 2019

| News Release

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia in the third quarter of 2019. The percent change in real GDP in the third quarter ranged from 4.0 percent in Texas to 0.0 percent in Delaware.

Gross Domestic Product by Industry: Third Quarter 2019

| The BEA Wire

Nondurable goods manufacturing; retail trade; and professional, scientific, and technical services were the leading contributors to the increase in U.S. economic growth in the third quarter of 2019. Overall, 17 of 22 industry groups contributed to the 2.1 percent increase in real GDP in the third quarter.

Gross Domestic Product by Industry, Third Quarter 2019

| News Release

Nondurable goods manufacturing; retail trade; and professional, scientific, and technical services were the leading contributors to the increase in U.S. economic growth in the third quarter of 2019. Overall, 17 of 22 industry groups contributed to the 2.1 percent increase in real GDP in the third quarter.

November 2019 Trade Gap is $43.1 Billion

| The BEA Wire

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in November 2019 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $46.9 billion in October (revised) to $43.1 billion in November, as exports increased and imports decreased. The previously published October deficit was $47.2 billion. The goods deficit decreased $3.9 billion in November to $63.9 billion. The services surplus…

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, November 2019

| News Release

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in November 2019 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $46.9 billion in October (revised) to $43.1 billion in November, as exports increased and imports decreased. The previously published October deficit was $47.2 billion. The goods deficit decreased $3.9 billion in November to $63.9 billion. The services surplus decreased…