August 2026
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August 28, 2026
Preview of the 2026 Annual Update of the Regional Economic Accounts
A look at GDP by state, state personal income, and PCE by state statistics and methodology improvements to be introduced as part of the upcoming update, which marks the first concurrent release of annual updates of BEA's national, industry, and regional accounts.
August 27, 2026
BEA’s Economic Accounts, Part 3: The Numbers Behind the Nation
Part three of a four-part series that looks at the world-leading system behind BEA's market-moving statistics. This article introduces BEA's National Economic Accounts and discusses how they deliver relevant, timely, and accurate statistics to track the U.S. economy.
August 26, 2026
Evaluating Predictions of AI Use and Actual Use
Study’s results indicate that businesses’ expectations about their use of AI are not always realized in future outcomes, but they may be getting better at anticipating that use.
August 25, 2026
Improving RPP Estimation Using Commercial and Medicare Claims
Health care presents a longstanding measurement challenge for the regional price parities program because geographically detailed and nationally consistent health care price data have historically been limited, with many health care categories assigned national price levels in the RPP estimation process. New claims-based data sources create an opportunity to enhance this treatment by introducing state-level price variation for health care.
August 19, 2026
