November 19, 2025

Split U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, August 2025 and Services Supplied Through Affiliates, 2023

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, August 2025

The U.S. goods and services trade deficit decreased in August 2025 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $78.2 billion in July (revised) to $59.6 billion in August, as exports increased and imports decreased. The goods deficit decreased $18.1 billion in August to $85.6 billion. The services surplus increased $0.5 billion in August to $26.1 billion.

Services Supplied Through Affiliates, 2023

For 2024, U.S. exports of services were $1,152.7 billion, and U.S. imports of services were $840.9 billion. For 2023—the latest year for which statistics are available—services supplied to foreign persons through foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs) were $2,201.8 billion, and services supplied to U.S. persons through U.S. affiliates of foreign MNEs were $1,586.6 billion. Affiliates supplied most of the services provided to foreign persons by the United States and to U.S. persons by foreign markets in 2023.

Principal Federal Economic Indicators

Personal Income
August 2025
+0.4%
International Trade in Goods and Services
August 2025
-$59.6 B
International Transactions
Q2 2025
-$251.3 B

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Personal Income and Outlays, August 2025

| News Release

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…

Gross Domestic Product, 2nd Quarter 2025 (Third Estimate), GDP by Industry, Corporate Profits (Revised), and Annual Update

| News Release

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…

U.S. International Transactions, 2nd Quarter 2025

| News Release

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.

Gross Domestic Product for Puerto Rico, 2023

| News Release

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…

Annual Update of GDP, Industry, and State Statistics Starts Sept. 25

| The BEA Wire

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. 

Statistics on Services Trade Expanded to 147 More Countries and Areas

| The BEA Wire

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. 

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, July 2025

| News Release

The U.S. goods and services trade deficit increased in July 2025 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $59.1 billion in June (revised) to $78.3 billion in July, as imports increased more than exports. The goods deficit increased $18.2 billion in July to $103.9 billion. The services surplus decreased $1.1 billion in July to $25.6 billion.

Coming Wednesday: New and Updated Experimental R&D Statistics for the U.S. and States

| The BEA Wire

How much does research and development activity contribute to your state’s economy? How does that compare nationally? And how have R&D trends shifted across industries? To help answer these questions and more, the Bureau of Economic Analysis is updating and expanding R&D statistics introduced last year.

Personal Income and Outlays, July 2025

| News Release

Personal income increased $112.3 billion (0.4 percent at a monthly rate) in July, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $93.9 billion (0.4 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $108.9 billion (0.5 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current…

Gross Domestic Product, 2nd Quarter 2025 (Second Estimate) and Corporate Profits (Preliminary)

| News Release

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.3 percent in the second quarter of 2025 (April, May, and June), according to the second estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP decreased 0.5 percent. 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 spending.…