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Annual Update of the National Economic Accounts
Details of the 2025 annual update for the National Income and Product Accounts and the Industry Economic Accounts, which incorporated newly available and revised source data as well as improved methods and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
November 19, 2025
Updated Summary of NIPA Methodologies
The data and methods used to prepare current-dollar and real gross domestic product and current-dollar gross domestic income, reflecting the 2025 annual update of the National Economic Accounts.
September 30, 2025
Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises
2023 statistics on value added and employment and expenditures on property, plant, and equipment and research and development.
September 19, 2025
Direct Investment by Country and Industry
Growth in the outward investment position increased $206.3 billion in 2024 to $6.83 trillion, up 3.1 percent from 2023. The inward investment position increased $332.1 billion to $5.71 trillion, up 6.2 percent.
September 4, 2025
New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
Spending by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $151.0 billion in 2024, down $24.9 billion from 2023. Employment at these businesses was 204,200 workers.
August 18, 2025
Measuring Income Distribution: A Primer on the Gini Coefficient
The Gini coefficient summarizes how much the distribution of income or a related measure among individuals or households deviates from a perfectly equal distribution.
August 14, 2025
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