Bureau of Economic Analysis

QUARTERLY TOURISM ESTIMATES WILL NOT BE DISCONTINUED (SEE THE BOX NEXT RELEASE)

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Real spending on travel and tourism declined at an annual rate of 5.9 percent in 2009:1 after decreasing 6.9 percent (revised) in 2008:4.  By comparison, real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased 5.7 percent (preliminary) in 2009:1 after a decrease of 6.3 percent in 2008:4. 

NOTICE TO USERS OF THE CONSTANT DOLLAR (REAL) DATA SERIES The initial release of the April 2009 issue of the U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report on June 10, 2009 at 8:30am contained incorrect 2009 statistics in Exhibits 10 and 11. The Census Bureau has identified and corrected a processing error that caused incorrect deflators to be applied to the revised data for 2009. The correct data for 2009 were posted on June 10, 2009…

Outlays by foreign direct investors to acquire or establish U.S. businesses increased 3 percent in 2008, to $260.4 billion. Outlays in 2008 were the third-largest on record and the sixth consecutive increase since a falloff in outlays in 2001-2002.

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April 2009 Personal income increased $58.2 billion, or 0.5 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $121.8 billion, or 1.1 percent, inApril, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $5.4 billion, or 0.1 percent. In March, personal income decreased $25.9 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $8.2 billion, or 0.1 percent, and PCE decreased $33.0 billion, or 0.3 percent,…

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- decreased at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in the first quarter of 2009, (that is, from the fourth quarter to the first quarter), according to preliminary estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter, real GDP decreased 6.3 percent. The GDP estimates released today are based on more…

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services DECEMBER 2007

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March 2009 Personal income decreased $34.4 billion, or 0.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) decreased $1.8 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, inMarch, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $24.2 billion, or 0.2 percent.

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- decreased at an annual rate of 6.1 percent in the first quarter of 2009, (that is, from the fourth quarter to the first quarter), according to advance estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Advance GDP by Industry Statistics

Downturns in manufacturing, retail trade, and finance and insurance industries were the leading contributors to the slowdown in U.S. economic growth in 2008, according to preliminary statistics on the breakout of real gross domestic product (GDP) by industry from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The economic slowdown was widespread: nearly two-thirds of private industries contributed to the deceleration in…