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October 2003 - Volume 83 - Number 10
Business Situation: Final Estimates for
the Second Quarter of 2003
Real GDP increased 3.3 percent in the second quarter,
according to the final estimates. Last month, the "preliminary"
estimates had shown a 3.1-percent increase. The upward revision was mainly
accounted for by inventory investment and residential investment. Corporate
profits increased $80.6 billion (9.9 percent at a quarterly rate) in the
second quarter, a downward revision of $7.7 billion from the estimate
released a month ago.
(PDF) (The
tables in this article are available in XLS
format.)
Real Inventories,
Sales, and Inventory-Sales Ratios for Manufacturing and Trade, 2003:II
Four tables present the latest quarterly and monthly
estimates of real inventories and sales for manufacturing and trade and
of real inventories by stage of fabrication for manufacturing.
(PDF)
Measuring the Services of Property-Casualty
Insurance in the NIPAs: Changes in Concepts and Methods
As part of the upcoming comprehensive revision of the
NIPAs, the measure of the services of property and casualty insurance
will be changed in order to recognize the implicit services that are funded
by investment income, to adopt a treatment of insured losses that is more
consistent with the economic behavior of the insurer, and to change the
treatment of reinsurance. As a result of this change, the average annual
output of property-casualty insurance has significantly increased, and
the large swings in the measured services that are caused by catastrophes
are eliminated.
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U.S. International Transactions, Second Quarter
2003
The U.S. current-account deficit increased $7.5 billion,
to $136.1 billion, in the second quarter. About half of the increase was
accounted for by an increase in the deficit on goods, but decreases in
the surpluses on services and on income and an increase in net outflows
for unilateral current transfers also contributed. Net recorded financial
inflows decreased $39.8 billion, as financial outflows for U.S.-owned
assets abroad increased and financial inflows for foreign-owned assets
in the United States decreased.
(PDF) (The
tables in this article are available interactively.)
U.S. International Services: Cross-Border
Trade in 2002 and Sales Through Affiliates in 2001
In 2002, U.S. exports of private services increased
1 percent to $279.5 billion, and U.S. imports of services increased 2
percent to $205.2 billion. The modest recovery reflected pickups in economic
activity in the United States and in many foreign countries. In 2001,
the most recent year for which data are available, sales of private services
abroad by foreign affiliates of U.S. companies increased 5 percent to
$432.1 billion, and sales of private services in the United States by
U.S. affiliates of foreign companies increased 7 percent to $366.9 billion.
Growth slowed from 2000 because of the slow worldwide economic growth
in 2001 and the end of the exceptionally high levels of cross-border mergers
and acquisitions.
(PDF)
(The tables in this article are available in XLS
format.)
BEA Current and Historical Data
National Data
- Selected NIPA tables (PDF)
- Other NIPA and NIPA-related tables (PDF)
- Historical measures (PDF)
- Domestic perspectives (PDF)
- Charts (PDF)
International Data
- Transactions tables (PDF)
- Investment tables (PDF)
- International perspectives (PDF)
- Charts (PDF)
Regional Data
- State and regional tables (PDF)
- Local area table (PDF)
- Charts (PDF)
Appendixes
- Additional information about the NIPA estimates (PDF)
- Suggested reading (PDF)
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