July 2005 - Volume 85 - Number 7
Director's Message
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Taking Account
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Real GDP increased 3.8 percent, the same as in the fourth quarter, mainly reflecting pickups in residential fixed investment and inventory investment. Corporate profits increased $76.1 billion after increasing $150.8 billion. | PDF
Real Inventories, Sales, and Inventory-Sales Ratios for Manufacturing and Trade for the First Quarter of 2005
The estimates have been updated, including the estimates of inventories for manufacturing by stage of fabrication. | PDF
U.S. Multinational Companies: Operations in 2003
The worldwide value added of U.S. multinational companies increased 9.3 percent after decreasing in 2002, reflecting a substantial increase in the value added by foreign affiliates. | PDF
The International Investment Position of the United States at Yearend 2004
The net international investment position at current cost was -$2,484.2 billion; in 2003, it was -$2,156.7 billion. The -$327.5 billion change mainly reflected substantial net foreign purchases of U.S. Treasury securities and U.S. corporate bonds. | PDF
Direct Investment Positions for 2004: Country and Industry Detail
The historical-cost position of U.S. direct investment abroad increased 15 percent after increasing 11 percent in 2003, and the position of foreign direct investment in the United States increased 8 percent after increasing 5 percent. | PDF
- Holding Companies in the Data on U.S. Direct Investment Abroad | PDF
Annual Revision of the U.S. International Accounts, 1991-2004
Each year, the estimates of U.S. international transactions and of the U.S. international investment position are revised to incorporate statistical and methodological changes. | PDF
How BEA Aligns and Augments Source Data From the U.S. Treasury Department for Inclusion in the In the International Transactions Accounts
Each year, the estimates of financial-account flows in the international transactions accounts based on Treasury Department data are adjusted to align the estimates with balance-of-payments concepts and to close gaps in coverage. | PDF
U.S. International Transactions: First Quarter of 2005
The U.S. current-account deficit increased $6.7 billion, to $195.1 billion, reflecting increases in the deficit on goods and in net outflows for unilateral current transfers. In the financial account, net recorded financial inflows decreased $3.6 billion, to $165.4 billion. | PDF
- The Effect of the Job Creation Act of 2004 on U.S. International Transactions | PDF
Gross State Product: Accelerated Estimates for 2004 and Revised Estimates for 1997-2003
Growth in real gross state product for the Nation accelerated to 4.2 percent from 2.8 percent in 2003 and 1.8 percent in 2002. Growth in all but seven states accelerated, and the fastest growing states were in the Northeast and on the West Coast. | PDF
- Prototype Accelerated Gross State Product Estimates for 2004 | PDF
State Personal Income: First Quarter of 2005
Personal income growth for the Nation slowed to 0.7 percent from an unusually high 3.3 percent in the fourth quarter, reflecting the special dividend paid by the Microsoft Corporation in December. Personal income growth in all the states except Rhode Island slowed. | PDF
Looking Ahead
Annual Revision of the NIPAs. The annual NIPA revision will be published in the August Survey. The issue will include an article that describes the effects of the revision on GDP and the principal sources of the revision and an extensive set of NIPA tables.
BEA Current and Historical Data
National Data
- Selected NIPA tables | PDF
- Other NIPA and NIPA-related tables |
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- Historical measures | PDF
- Charts | PDF
International Data
- Transactions tables | PDF
Regional Data
- State and regional tables | PDF
- Local area table | PDF
- Charts | PDF
Appendixes
- Additional information about the NIPA estimates
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- Suggested reading | PDF
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