Personal Income and Outlays, October 2021

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Personal income increased $93.4 billion, or 0.5 percent at a monthly rate, while consumer spending increased $214.3 billion, or 1.3 percent, in October. The increase in personal income primarily reflected an increase in compensation of employees. The personal saving rate (that is, personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income) was 7.3...

Gross Domestic Product, 3rd Quarter 2021 (Second Estimate); Corporate Profits, 3rd Quarter 2021 (Preliminary Estimate)

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Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the third quarter of 2021, following an increase of 6.7 percent in the second quarter. The increase was revised up 0.1 percentage point from the "advance" estimate released in October. The deceleration in real GDP in the third quarter was led by a slowdown in consumer spending....

Personal Income by County and Metropolitan Area, 2020

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In 2020, personal income increased in 3,040 counties, decreased in 69, and was unchanged in 3, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Personal income increased 6.4 percent in the metropolitan portion of the United States and increased 7.6 percent in the nonmetropolitan portion. Full Text Published November...

Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises, 2019

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Worldwide employment by U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs) increased 2.4 percent to 43.9 million workers in 2019 from 42.9 million workers in 2018, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on the operations and finances of U.S. parent companies and their foreign affiliates. Full Text Published November...

Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account, U.S. and States, 2020

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The new U.S. data show that the outdoor recreation economy accounted for 1.8 percent ($374.3 billion) of current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP) for the nation in 2020. At the state level, outdoor recreation value added as a share of state GDP ranged from 4.3 percent in Montana to 1.2 percent in New York and Connecticut. The share was 0.8 percent...

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, September 2021

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The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services trade deficit was $80.9 billion in September, up $8.1 billion from $72.8 billion in August, revised. September exports were $207.6 billion, $6.4 billion less than August exports. September imports were $288.5 billion, $1.7 billion more than August...