December 2024

New and Updated State Estimates of the Regional Economic Accounts: Results of the 2024 Annual Update

GDP by state, state personal income, and personal consumption expenditures by state statistics and methodology and classification improvements.

December 19, 2024

Reliability of the International Accounts

Based on analysis of preliminary and revised statistics for recent years, early estimates from BEA present a clear and consistent picture of both the International Transactions Accounts and International Investment Position Accounts. Revisions are generally small relative to the statistics themselves and do not show consistent bias in one direction or the other. Revisions rarely change the estimated time trend of a statistic.

December 17, 2024

Visual Essay

Activities of U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Multinational Enterprises in 2022

Statistics on value added and employment and expenditures on property, plant, and equipment and research and development.

December 10, 2024

GDP and the Economy: Second Estimates for the Third Quarter of 2024

Real GDP increased 2.8 percent in the third quarter of 2024, reflecting increases in consumer spending, exports, federal government spending, and nonresidential fixed investment.

December 4, 2024