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After declining for four consecutive years, the Virgin Islands’ economy grew in 2015.  Real GDP — adjusted to remove price changes—increased 0.2 percent in 2015, after decreasing 1.0 percent in 2014.

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Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 41 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2016, according to statistics on the geographic breakout of GDP released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit increased in October 2016 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $36.2 billion in September (revised) to $42.6 billion in October, as exports decreased and imports increased.

The economy of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands grew 3.5 percent in 2015, according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Personal income increased 0.6 percent in October after increasing 0.4 percent in September. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.5 percent in October—the same increase as in September.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.2 percent in the third quarter of 2016, according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The growth rate was 0.3 percentage point higher than the “advance” estimate released in October.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Treasury Department are preparing to implement a change in early 2017 that will simplify how certain cross-border investments by or into private funds are reported on BEA surveys of direct investment and the Treasury International Capital, or TIC, surveys o

Personal income grew in 2015 in 2,552 counties, fell in 548, and was unchanged in 13. On average, personal income rose 4.7 percent in 2015 in the metropolitan portion of the United States and rose 2.7 percent in the nonmetropolitan portion.

New! 2013 Data Available.