November 2020
Director’s Message
A message from Mary Bohman, Acting Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
GDP and the Economy: Advance Estimates for the Third Quarter of 2020
Real GDP increased 33.1 percent in the third quarter of 2020, reflecting positive contributions from consumer spending, inventory investment, exports, nonresidential fixed investment, and residential fixed investment.
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 2020 annual NIPA update.
Centennial Content
Major Improvements to Gross National Product
BEA staff introduce reprints of a 1951 article on annual constant-dollar GNP and a 1958 article on quarterly contant-dollar GNP, highlighting significant improvements to this important measurement tool in national income and product accounting.
George Jaszi: An Architect of the National Economic Accounts and BEA
This top influencer profile chronicles the former BEA Director's contributions to GNP, the national acocunts, and BEA's mission.
Regional Quarterly Report
A look at state GDP, state personal income, and personal consumption expenditures by state for 2019. These statistics incorporate the results of the annual updates of the Regional Economic Acocunts and the National Income and Product Accounts.
Activities of U.S. Affiliates for 2018. A look at value added, employment, and capital expenditures in 2018.
Space Economy. Experimental estimates of the U.S. space economy’s GDP, gross output, employment, and compensation by industry.
Interactive Data
Interactive tables, charts, and maps related to most SCB articles can be accessed in BEA's Interactive Data Application. For more information on most article topics, see BEA's data product pages.