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State Spotlight: Consumer Spending Increased in All States in 2025

BEA’s latest look at state consumer spending shows increases in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2025. Spending ...
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How Does Investment in a Skilled Workforce Impact the Nation’s Growth?

I’d be willing to bet that the most effective and innovative places you’ve worked have had one thing in common: Great people.
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GDP (Third Estimate), Industries, Corporate Profits, State GDP, and State Personal Income, 2nd Quarter 2026; State PCE, 2025

From a regional perspective, real GDP increased in 44 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2026, with ...
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Personal Income and Outlays, August 2026

Personal outlays —the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $190.7 billion in August. Personal saving was $990.2 billion, and the personal saving ...
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U.S. International Transactions and Investment Position, 2nd Quarter 2026

The U.S. current-account deficit resulting from international economic transactions widened by $33.4 billion, or 15.7 percent, to $246.0 billion in the second quarter of 2026, according to statistics ...
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GDP (Second Estimate) and Corporate Profits, 2nd Quarter 2026

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2026 (April, May, and June), according to the second estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of ...