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BEA's Economic Accounts, Part 3
Part three of a four-part series that looks at the world-leading system behind BEA's market-moving statistics. This article introduces BEA's National Economic Accounts and discusses how they deliver relevant, timely, and accurate statistics to track the U.S. economy.
August 26, 2026
2026 Annual Update of the U.S. International Economic Accounts
Revised quarterly and annual statistics that incorporate newly available and revised source data, updated seasonal factors, improved methodologies, and a new data source.
July 30, 2026
BEA's Economic Accounts, Part 2
Part two of a four-part series that looks at the world-leading system behind BEA's market-moving statistics. This article introduces BEA's International Economic Accounts and explores how they deliver relevant, timely, and accurate statistics on the U.S. role in the global economy.
July 22, 2026
County GDP and Personal Income
A look at new statistics that show how county-level activity contributes to state-level performance, focusing on counties within the fastest-growing states in 2024—Washington and North Carolina.
July 22, 2026
Government Receipts and Expenditures
Net government saving decreased $126.8 billion to −$2,027.4 billion. Net federal government saving decreased $122.0 billion to −$1,807.2 billion. Net state and local government saving decreased $4.8 billion to −$220.3 billion.
July 13, 2026
Annual Update of the National Economic Accounts
A look at the changes in statistics, definitions, and presentations to be introduced as part of the upcoming 2026 update, which marks the first concurrent release of annual updates of BEA's national, industry, and regional accounts.
June 24, 2026