An official website of the United States government
BEA produces some of the most closely watched economic statistics that influence decisions of government officials, business people, and individuals. These statistics provide a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of the U.S. economy. The data on this page are drawn from featured BEA economic accounts.
|
Q4 2024 (3rd)
|
+2.4%
|
|
Q3 2024
|
+3.1%
|
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024 (October, November, and December), according to the third estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 3.1 percent. The increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter primarily reflected increases in consumer spending and government spending that were partly offset by a decrease in investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, decreased.
|
February 2025
|
+0.8%
|
|
January 2025
|
+0.7%
|
Personal income increased $194.7 billion (0.8 percent at a monthly rate) in February, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $191.6 billion (0.9 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $87.8 billion (0.4 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $118.4 billion in February. Personal saving was $1.02 trillion in February and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 4.6 percent.
|
Q4 2024
|
-$303.9 B
|
|
Q3 2024
|
-$310.3 B
|
The U.S. current-account deficit narrowed by $6.3 billion, or 2.0 percent, to $303.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The revised third-quarter deficit was $310.3 billion. The fourth-quarter deficit was 4.1 percent of current-dollar gross domestic product, down from 4.2 percent in the third quarter.
|
End of 4th quarter 2024
|
-$26.23 trillion
|
|
End of 3rd quarter 2024
|
-$24.15 trillion
|
|
End of year 2024
|
-$26.23 trilion
|
|
End of year 2023
|
-$19.85 trilion
|
The U.S. net international investment position, the difference between U.S. residents’ foreign financial assets and liabilities, was -$26.23 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Assets totaled $35.89 trillion, and liabilities were $62.12 trillion. At the end of the third quarter, the net investment position was -$24.15 trillion (revised).
|
February 2025
|
-$122.7 B
|
|
January 2025
|
-$130.7 B
|
The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in February 2025 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $130.7 billion in January (revised) to $122.7 billion in February, as exports increased and imports decreased. The goods deficit decreased $8.8 billion in February to $147.0 billion. The services surplus decreased $0.8 billion in February to $24.3 billion.
Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $148.8 billion in 2023 (chart 1), according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenditures decreased $57.4 billion, or 28 percent, from $206.2 billion (revised) in 2022 and were below the annual average of $265.6 billion for 2014–2022. As in previous years, acquisitions of existing U.S. businesses accounted for most of the expenditures.
Real gross domestic product increased in 48 states and the District of Columbia in the fourth quarter of 2024, with the percent change ranging from 5.1 percent at an annual rate in Arkansas to 0.6 percent in Vermont and remaining unchanged in Idaho and South Dakota.
Personal income, in current dollars, increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the fourth quarter of 2024, with the percent change ranging from 6.1 percent at an annual rate in Delaware to 2.4 percent in Louisiana.
In 2023, real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 2,357 counties, decreased in 734 counties, and was unchanged in 23 counties. The percent change in real GDP ranged from 125.8 percent in Throckmorton County, TX, to –39.6 percent in Lincoln County, WA.
In 2023, personal income, in current dollars, increased in 2,814 counties, decreased in 295, and was unchanged in five counties in 2023. Personal income increased 6.0 percent in the metropolitan portion of the United States and 4.7 percent in the nonmetropolitan portion.
|
US PCE growth
|
+6.4%
|
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2023. The percent change ranged from 8.1 percent in Florida to 4.7 percent in Iowa. Nationally, current-dollar PCE increased 6.4 percent in 2023 after increasing 9.8 percent in 2022.
