July 2026
2026 Annual Update of the U.S. International Economic Accounts
Revised quarterly and annual statistics that incorporate newly available and revised source data, updated seasonal factors, improved methodologies, and a new data source.
July 30, 2026
BEA's Economic Accounts: Connecting America to the World
Part two of a four-part series that looks at the world-leading system behind BEA's market-moving statistics. This article introduces BEA's International Economic Accounts and explores how they deliver relevant, timely, and accurate statistics on the U.S. role in the global economy.
July 22, 2026
County Gross Domestic Product and Personal Income, 2024
A look at new statistics that show how county-level activity contributes to state-level performance, focusing on counties within the fastest-growing states in 2024—Washington and North Carolina.
July 22, 2026
Charting the Economy: First Quarter 2026
Real GDP increased 2.1 percent in the first quarter of 2026, reflecting positive contributions from investment, exports, government spending, and consumer spending.
July 15, 2026
Expanded Indicators in U.S. Household Production Statistics
BEA has tracked household production for nearly 30 years in a supplementary economic account, but these statistics have only included estimates of aggregate value added. A new working paper presents significant changes to the statistics to increase component service-level detail, add expenditure and gross output measures, and align household production with comparable market industries.
July 14, 2026
Government Receipts and Expenditures: First Quarter 2026
Net government saving decreased $126.8 billion to −$2,027.4 billion. Net federal government saving decreased $122.0 billion to −$1,807.2 billion. Net state and local government saving decreased $4.8 billion to −$220.3 billion.
July 13, 2026