Bureau of Economic Analysis

SUITLAND, Md. – The Bureau of Economic Analysis is working to update its schedule of economic releases, which was affected by the government shutdown.

BEA is consulting with the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other data suppliers to determine the availability of data used to produce our economic indicators. We will publish updated release dates as soon as they are available. Check our website for this…

A blog post from BEA Director Vipin Arora

A friend of mine recently went on vacation just to drive fast cars on a professional racetrack. Swiping through endless pictures, my friend waxed lyrical about each car’s acceleration. I share his enthusiasm to go faster—for different reasons. I crunch numbers for a living, so when I hear acceleration, I think about how BEA can deliver the world’s most timely economic statistics even…

The U.S. net international investment position, the difference between U.S. residents’ foreign financial assets and liabilities, was -$26.14 trillion at the end of the second quarter of 2025, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Assets totaled $39.56 trillion, and liabilities were $65.71 trillion. At the end of the first quarter, the net investment position was -$24.65 trillion (revised).

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 48 states in the second quarter of 2025. The percent change at an annual rate in real GDP was 3.8 percent nationally, with state-level changes ranging from a 7.3 percent increase in North Dakota to a 1.1 percent decline in Arkansas. Personal income increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2025. The percent change at an annual rate in current-dollar…

Personal income increased $95.7 billion (0.4 percent at a monthly rate) in August, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $86.1 billion (0.4 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $129.2 billion (0.6 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.8 percent in the second quarter of 2025 (April, May, and June), according to the third estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP decreased 0.6 percent (revised). The increase in real GDP in the second quarter primarily reflected a decrease in imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, and an increase in consumer…

The U.S. current-account deficit narrowed by $188.5 billion, or 42.9 percent, to $251.3 billion in the second quarter of 2025, according to statistics released today by BEA. The revised first-quarter deficit was $439.8 billion. The second-quarter deficit was 3.3 percent of current-dollar gross domestic product, down from 5.9 percent in the first quarter.

Real gross domestic product for Puerto Rico increased 3.0 percent in 2023 after decreasing 2.1 percent in 2022. The increase in real gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 primarily reflected an increase in exports. Personal consumption expenditures, government spending, and private fixed investment also increased. These increases were partly offset by a decrease in private inventory investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation…

BEA’s release of the annual update of gross domestic product and related statistics, including GDP by industry, begins Sept. 25. Updates of state and county statistics start Sept. 26. 

For the first time, export and import statistics are available for U.S. trade in services with 237 countries and areas, up from 90 previously. Ecuador, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Ukraine are among the countries newly broken out from BEA’s overall services trade statistics.