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Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises in 2022
Statistics on value added and employment and expenditures on property, plant, and equipment and research and development.

September 13, 2024

Preliminary Results From a New R&D Satellite Account
Building on decades of collaborative research, these experimental statistics combine National Science Foundation R&D performance data with BEA's GDP estimation framework to expand BEA’s R&D measures at the national level and, for the first time, provide state-level R&D statistics.

August 30, 2024

New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
Spending by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $148.8 billion in 2023, down $206.2 billion from 2022. Employment at these businesses was 110,000 workers.

August 28, 2024

GDP and the Economy
A monthly article featuring details on gross domestic product and other estimates from BEA's National Income and Product Accounts and Industry Economic Accounts.

September 5, 2024

** Current GDP release

## Revisions to GDP, GDI, and Their Major Components

This analysis confirms that BEA's early key estimates of current economic activity provide a reliable picture and that differences in later estimates are mostly due to new information and not systematic measurement errors.

August 27, 2024

Visual Essay

## Direct Investment by Country and Industry

Growth in the outward investment position increased $364.0 billion in 2023 to $6.68 trillion, up 5.8 percent from 2022. The inward investment position increased $227.0 billion to $5.39 trillion, up 4.4 percent from 2022.

August 22, 2024

## El efecto de los productos intensivos en PI en el PIB de Puerto Rico

Una actualización de la investigación para evaluar el impacto general de estas industrias en la economía de Puerto Rico.

12 de agosto de 2024

## Exports of IP-Intensive Products Are Drivers of Puerto Rico GDP

An update on research to assess the overall impact of these industries on the Puerto Rico economy.

July 31, 2024

## Annual Update of the U.S. International Transactions Accounts

Revised quarterly and annual statistics that incorporate newly available and revised source data as well as updated seasonal factors.

July 19, 2024

## Aligning and Augmenting Treasury Data in the ITAs

The estimates of financial-account flows, which are based on Treasury Department data, are adjusted to align the estimates with balance-of-payments concepts and to close gaps in coverage.

July 15, 2024

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**Annual Update of the National Economic Accounts.** The results of the 2024 annual update including the National Income and Product Accounts and the Industry Economic Accounts.

**U.S. International Services: Trade in Services in 2023 and Services Supplied Through Affiliates in 2022.** These annual statistics cover both U.S. international trade in services and services supplied by majority-owned U.S. and foreign affiliates of multinational enterprises.

**Returns for Domestic Nonfinancial Business.** Aggregate rates of return for nonfinancial corporations, industries, and selected industry groups.

**Annual Update of the Regional Economic Accounts.** GDP, personal income, and personal consumption expenditures statistics for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

**U.S. International Transactions.** Statistics for the second quarter of 2024.

**U.S. International Investment Position.** Statistics for the end of the second quarter of 2024.

**Updated Summary of NIPA Methodologies.** Updated source data and methods used to prepare current-dollar and real GDP and current-dollar gross domestic income.

## Discontinued Data Tables

Selected national and industry data tables were discontinued on July 25, 2024, due to budget constraints. Selected state tables will be discontinued on September 27, 2024. Selected county tables will be discontinued on November 14, 2024. 

August 6, 2024

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## Measuring Open Source Software Innovation

Researchers devise a method to estimate investment in a fast-growing public asset.

February 20, 2024

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