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U.S. International Services
In 2023, U.S. exports of services exceeded U.S. imports of services for a surplus of $278.4 billion. In 2022, services supplied to foreign markets through foreign affiliates of U.S. MNEs exceeded services supplied to the United States through U.S. affiliates of foreign MNEs.
A Look at the U.S. International Investment Position
The net international investment position decreased from −$21.29 trillion at the end of the first quarter of 2024 to −$22.52 trillion at the end of the second quarter.
Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises in 2022
Statistics on value added and employment and expenditures on property, plant, and equipment and research and development.
Preliminary Results From a New R&D Satellite Account
Building on decades of collaborative research, these experimental statistics combine National Science Foundation R&D performance data with BEA's GDP estimation framework to expand BEA’s R&D measures at the national level and, for the first time, provide state-level R&D statistics.
New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
Spending by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $148.8 billion in 2023, down $206.2 billion from 2022. Employment at these businesses was 110,000 workers.
Revisions to GDP, GDI, and Their Major Components
This analysis confirms that BEA's early key estimates of current economic activity provide a reliable picture and that differences in later estimates are mostly due to new information and not systematic measurement errors.