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Latest Research

The views expressed in these papers are solely those of the authors and not necessarily those of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis or the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Tracking Cannabis in the National Accounts

The internationally agreed guidelines for national economic accounts explicitly recommend that illegal market activity should be tracked together with legal market activity (United Nations Statistics Division 2025). This recommendation is not currently implemented by the U.S. Bureau of Economic… Read more

By Rachel Soloveichik
Published

Noise Infusion at BEA

This paper provides an overview of BEA’s plans to transition from cell suppression to noise infusion (multiplicatively perturbing reported survey values) as its primary method of statistical disclosure limitation (SDL). BEA intends to begin using noise infusion for SDL in summer 2026 for… Read more

By John Bockrath, Daniel R. Yorgason
Published

Early Evidence on the Relationship Between AI, Costs, and Prices Within BEA’s Industry Economic Accounts

In previous work Highfill and Samuels [2026], we explored the relationship between AI and the sources of U.S. economic growth. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between AI adoption, production costs, and output prices. We find that AI intensity is associated with lower prices… Read more

By Tina Highfill, Jon D. Samuels
Published

Productivity Growth in the U.S. Medical Care Sector: An Analysis Using the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis’ Health Care Expenditure Statistics by Condition

Understanding health care productivity is critical, as the sector accounts for about 17% of U.S. GDP. However, official statistics likely understate productivity growth by failing to capture improvements in medical technology and treatment quality. The Health Care Expenditure Statistics by… Read more

By Calvin Ackley, Abe C. Dunn, Eli Liebman, John A. Romley
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