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Latest Research

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Developing Experimental State Quarterly Personal Consumption Expenditures

 

 

BEA produces annual personal consumption expenditures (PCE) by state statistics, providing critical insights into households’ consumption at the state level. These statistics, however, are produced with a 10-month lag. To address this issue, ongoing research by BEA’s Regional Economics… Read more

By Mahsa Gholizadeh, Kyle K. Hood, Steven L. Zemanek, Christian Awuku-Budu, Ledia Guci, Kekai Liu, Jack York
Published

Welfare Indicators and GDP

 

 

The clamor for indicators of well-being after the recession of 2008 was predicated on the idea that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was an insufficient measure of an economy’s overall performance. Though GDP measure was not designed to serve as a measure of welfare, it can be shown to be… Read more

By Dennis J. Fixler, Andrew Craig
Published

Measuring Space Manufacturing Plant Utilization and Own-Account Production

 

 

Manufacturing is the largest sector in the U.S. space economy, comprising 25.2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022. Space manufacturing is also a significant contributor to overall U.S. manufacturing, responsible for 6.4 percent of computer and electronics products manufacturing… Read more

By Tina Highfill, Akhil Rao
Published

The Use of Real Time Spending Sources for Economic Measurement: An Analysis Using Multiple Data Sources

 

 

The rise of big data in the past 20 years has opened up the possibility of using new types of experimental data to measure consumer spending. Despite the promise of card transaction data, concerns remain about their representativeness and stability. This study makes a novel contribution by… Read more

By Justine Mallatt
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