2021 Subject Guide
This guide lists Survey of Current Business articles published from January through December 2021.
National Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs)
GDP and the Economy
Third Quarter 2020
Fourth Quarter 2020
First Quarter 2021
Second Quarter 2021
Third Quarter 2021
Government Receipts and Expenditures
- Fourth Quarter 2020 (April)
- First Quarter 2021 (June)
- Second Quarter 2021 (September)
- Third Quarter 2021 (December)
Other NIPA Articles
- The Revisions to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Domestic Income, and Their Major Components (January)
- Returns for Domestic Nonfinancial Business (February)
- Improved Measures of Housing Services for the U.S. Economic Accounts (May)
- 2021 Annual Update of the National Income and Product Accounts (August)
- Updated Summary of NIPA Methodologies (November)
Territorial Economic Accounts
- Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account: National and State-Level Statistics for 2019 (February)
- BEA Briefing: Integrated BEA/BLS Industry-Level Production Account and the Sources of U.S. Economic Growth: New Statistics for 2019 and Updated Statistics for 1987–2018, Including Extended Capital Detail (April)
- A New Understanding of Small Businesses: Wages and Gross Output by Industry and Legal Form of Organization Using Firm Receipts to Classify Business Size, 1998–2003 (May)
- The 2021 Annual Update of the Industry Economic Accounts (October)
- Updated and Expanded Small Business Statistics (November)
Direct Investment Positions
Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
- Visual Essay: New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States in 2020 (August)
- Visual Essay: Activities of U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Multinational Enterprises in 2019 (September)
U.S. Direct Investment Abroad
U.S. International Economic Accounts
- Preview of the 2021 Annual Update (April)
- A Primer on the U.S. International Economic Accounts (July)
U.S. International Investment Position
- Third Quarter 2020 (January)
- Fourth Quarter and Year 2020 (April)
- First Quarter 2021, Year 2020, and Annual Update (July)
- Second Quarter 2021 (October)
U.S. International Services
U.S. International Transactions
- Third Quarter 2020 (January)
- Fourth Quarter and Year 2020 (April)
- First Quarter 2021 (July)
- Second Quarter 2021 (October)
- Visual Essay: An Ownership-Based Framework of the U.S. Current Account, 2019 (January)
- Annual Update of the U.S. International Transactions Accounts (July)
- How BEA Aligns and Augments Source Data from the U.S. Treasury Department for Inclusion in the International Transactions Accounts (July)
Regional Quarterly Reports
- Personal Income by County for 2019 and Updates 2013–2018 and GDP by County for 2019 and Updates for 2001–2018. (February)
- GDP by State for 2020, State Personal Income for 2020, and Personal Consumption Expenditures by State for 2020 (November)
Other Regional Articles
Original Articles
- Research Spotlight: Including Illegal Market Activity in the U.S. National Economic Accounts (February)
- Estimating GDP for the U.S. Territories (May)
Reprints
- From Great Minds: Essays on the 50th Anniversary of the Survey of Current Business (January)
- The Evolution of the Measurement of Productivity (January)
- BEA’s First Local Area Personal Income Statistics (January)
- The Changeover from GNP to GDP: A Milestone in BEA History (March)
- A Primer on BEA’s Foreign Direct Investment Products (March)
- Incorporating Satellite Accounts (March)
- The Introduction of KLEMS Estimates (April)
- Major Improvement to U.S. International Services Statistics: Measure of Services Supplied Through Bank Affiliates (April)
- The National Accounts and GDP: Commemorating 75 Years of Continual Innovation (May)
- Innovation Leads to More Granular Gross Domestic Product Data (May)
Top Influencers
- Zvi Griliches: A Major Contributor to Productivity Measurement (January)
- Carol Carson: Creating BEA’s Culture of Continuous Improvement (February)
- Robert Eisner: Extending the National Economic Accounts (March)
- Nancy and Richard Ruggles: A Professional and Personal Partnership (April)
- John Kendrick: Leader in Productivity Measurement and Economic Accounting (May)
- Selma Fine Goldsmith: Trailblazer in Income Distribution Research (June)
- Dale Jorgenson’s Profound and Extended Influence on the National Economic Accounts (June)
- Steve Landefeld Looks Back and Forward (July)
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