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Personal income growth slowed in 2012 in most of the nation’s 381 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Personal income growth slowed in 311 MSAs, accelerated in 65 MSAs, and remained unchanged in 5 MSAs.

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit increased in September 2013 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $38.7 billion in August (revised) to $41.8 billion in September as exports decreased and imports increased.

Personal income rose 0.5 percent in September, the same as in August. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, rose 0.4 percent after rising 0.5 percent.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.8 percent in the third quarter of 2013, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, the growth rate was 2.5 percent.

State personal incomes grew 1.0 percent on average in the second quarter of 2013 after falling 1.3 percent in the first quarter. Personal income growth ranged from 1.5 percent in Florida and Arizona to –0.7 percent in Nebraska.

Personal income increased 0.4 percent in August after increasing 0.2 percent in July. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.4 percent in August after decreasing 0.3 percent in July.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.5 percent in the second quarter of 2013 after increasing 1.1 percent in the first quarter, according to the “third” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).

The U.S. net international investment position was –$4,504.1 billion (preliminary) at the end of the second quarter of 2013 compared with –$4,236.6 billion (revised) at the end of the first quarter, as the value of foreign investments in the United States exceeded the value of U.S.

Real spending on travel and tourism decelerated in the second quarter of 2013, increasing at an annual rate of 2.5 percent after increasing 7.3 percent revised) in the first quarter of 2013.

The amount of research and development (R&D) generated by multinational companies varies widely across U.S. states.

The U.S. current-account deficit—the combined balances on trade in goods and services, income, and net unilateral current transfers—decreased to $98.9 billion (preliminary) in the second quarter of 2013 from $104.9 billion (revised) in the first quarter of 2013.