U.S. International Transactions, 3rd Quarter 2020

The U.S. current account deficit widened by $17.2 billion, or 10.6 percent, to $178.5 billion in the third quarter of 2020, according to statistics released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The revised second quarter deficit was $161.4 billion. The third quarter deficit was 3.4 percent of current dollar gross domestic product, up from 3.3 percent in the second quarter. Full Text

Published December 18, 2020 at 09:30PM
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Personal Income by State, 3rd Quarter 2020

State personal income decreased 10.0 percent at an annual rate in the third quarter of 2020, after increasing 35.8 percent in the second quarter. Personal income decreased in every state and the District of Columbia, ranging from -29.9 percent in West Virginia to -0.6 percent in Georgia. Full Text

Published December 17, 2020 at 09:30PM
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Real Personal Income by State and Metropolitan Area, 2019

Real state personal income grew 2.4 percent in 2019 after increasing 3.1 percent in 2018, according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Real state personal income is a state's current-dollar personal income adjusted by the state's regional price parity and the national personal consumption expenditures price index. The percent change in real state personal income ranged from 4.1 percent in Maine to 0.7 percent in Hawaii, Wyoming, and Rhode Island. Across metropolitan areas, the percent change ranged from 7.6 percent in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, to -3.2 percent in Panama City, FL, and Wheeling, WV-OH. Full Text

Published December 15, 2020 at 09:30PM
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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, October 2020

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $63.1 billion in October, up $1.0 billion from $62.1 billion in September, revised. October exports were $182.0 billion, $4.0 billion more than September exports. October imports were $245.1 billion, $5.0 billion more than September imports. Full Text

Published December 04, 2020 at 09:30PM
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Gross Domestic Product, 3rd Quarter 2020 (Second Estimate); Corporate Profits, 3rd Quarter 2020 (Preliminary Estimate)

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 33.1 percent in the third quarter of 2020, as efforts continued to reopen businesses and resume activities that were postponed or restricted due to COVID-19. The increase is the same as in the 'advance' estimate released in October. In the second quarter of 2020, real GDP decreased 31.4 percent. Profits increased 27.1 percent at a quarterly rate in the third quarter after decreasing 10.3 percent in the second quarter. Corporate profits increased 3.3 percent in the third quarter from one year ago. Profits were impacted by provisions from the Paycheck Protection Program. Full Text

Published November 25, 2020 at 09:30PM
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