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A Look at the U.S. International Investment Position
The net international investment position decreased from −$22.55 trillion at the end of the second quarter of 2024 to −$23.60 trillion at the end of the third quarter.
January 14, 2025
Government Receipts and Expenditures
Net government saving decreased $92.1 billion to −$1,977.2 billion in the third quarter of 2024. Net federal government saving decreased $128.9 billion to −$1,920.5 billion. Net state and local government saving increased $36.8 billion to −$56.7 billion.
January 13, 2025
New and Updated State Estimates of the Regional Economic Accounts
Results of the 2024 annual update of GDP by state, state personal income, and personal consumption expenditures by state statistics including methodology and classification improvements.
December 19, 2024
Reliability of the International Accounts
Based on analysis of preliminary and revised statistics for recent years, early estimates from BEA present a clear and consistent picture of both the International Transactions Accounts and International Investment Position Accounts. Revisions are generally small relative to the statistics themselves and do not show consistent directional bias.
December 17, 2024
Activities of U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Multinational Enterprises
Statistics on value added and employment and expenditures on property, plant, and equipment and research and development in 2022.
December 10, 2024
Updated Summary of NIPA Methodologies
BEA recently improved its estimates of current-dollar GDP, current-dollar GDI, and real GDP as part of the 2024 annual update of the National Economic Accounts, which includes the National Income and Product Accounts. The sources of data and the methodologies that are now used to prepare the NIPA estimates are summarized in this report.
November 15, 2024