September 2026
The 2026 Annual Update of the National Economic Accounts
Details of the 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.
September 30, 2026
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 2026 annual update of the National Economic Accounts.
September 30, 2026
Revisions to Personal Income and Gross Domestic Product by State
Study confirms BEA's state estimates of quarterly personal income growth and the growth of major income components have relatively small mean absolute revisions. The results show that these estimates are reliable, with revisions in subsequent vintages due to new data and not systematic measurement biases or errors.
September 23, 2026
Toward a Unified Definition of Seasonality
This paper aims to build consensus around a new approach to seasonal identification and adjustment, allowing data providers to improve resource allocation, data quality, and communication.
September 22, 2026
BEA's Economic Accounts, Part 4: Tracking America's Economy, One Region at a Time
This last article in the four-part Survey of Current Business series examining BEA's world-leading system of accounts discusses how BEA's Regional Economic Accounts deliver relevant, timely, and accurate statistics connecting state and local activity to the national economy.
September 17, 2026
Direct Investment by Country and Industry for 2025
Growth in the outward investment position increased $438.1 billion in 2025 to $7.1 trillion, up 6.5 percent from 2024. The inward investment position increased $266.0 billion to $5.9 trillion, up 4.8 percent.
September 10, 2026
