Economic and Financial Data for the United States

[Last update: October 15, 2004 ] [Updated twice daily]

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SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations
		Date of Latest	Latest data	Latest-1 data
REAL SECTOR
National Accounts
* GDP, current prices	$billion; seasonally adj	2nd Qtr 2004	11657.5	11472.6
* * Personal consumption expenditures	$billion	2nd Qtr 2004	8153.8	8060.2
* * Private nonresidential investment in structures	$billion	2nd Qtr 2004	275.5	266.0
* * Private nonresidential investment in equipment and software	$billion	2nd Qtr 2004	923.1	892.8
* * Private residential investment	$billion	2nd Qtr 2004	663.2	624.6
* * Change in private inventories	$billion	2nd Qtr 2004	59.0	36.2
* * Exports	$billion	2nd Qtr 2004	1167.6	1134.3
* * Imports	$billion	2nd Qtr 2004	1758.9	1681.2
* * Federal government consumption expenditures and gross investment	$billion	2nd Qtr 2004	804.4	793.3
* * State and local government consumption expenditures and gross investment	$billion	2nd Qtr 2004	1369.9	1346.3
* Real GDP	chained 2000 $billion	2nd Qtr 2004	10784.7	10697.5
* * Real personal consumption expenditures	chained 2000 $billion	2nd Qtr 2004	7572.4	7543.0
* * Real private nonresidential investment in structures	chained 2000 $billion	2nd Qtr 2004	241.7	237.7
* * Real private nonresidential investment in equipment and software	chained 2000 $billion	2nd Qtr 2004	975.5	943.7
* * Real private residential investment	chained 2000 $billion	2nd Qtr 2004	563.6	542.5
* * Real change in private inventories	chained 2000 $billion	2nd Qtr 2004	61.1	40.0
* * Real exports	chained 2000 $billion	2nd Qtr 2004	1114.8	1095.4
* * Real imports	chained 2000 $billion	2nd Qtr 2004	1695.1	1645.5
* * Real Federal government consumption expenditures and gross investment	chained 2000 $billion	2nd Qtr 2004	718.1	713.3
* * Real State and local government consumption expenditures and gross investment	chained 2000 $billion	2nd Qtr 2004	1228.3	1222.4
* Change, real GDP	% change; seasonally adj	2nd Qtr 2004	3.3	4.5
Production Index (1)	1992=100, seasonally adj	August 2004	116.6196	116.4835
Employment	thousands; seasonally adj	September 2004	96	128
Unemployment	% labor force; seasonally adj	September 2004	5.4	5.4
Wages/Earnings	Avg hourly earnings, seasonally adj $; prel	September 2004	15.78(p)	15.75(p)
Consumer Price Index	seasonally adj; 1982-84=100	August 2004	189.40	189.30
Consumer Price Index, monthly change	seasonally adj; 1982-84=100; 1-month % change	August 2004	0.1	-0.1
Producer Price Index (Finished Goods)	seasonally adj; 1982=100	August 2004	148.4(P)	148.5(P)
Producer Price Index (Finished Goods), monthly change	seasonally adjusted; 1982=100; 1-month % change	August 2004	-0.1	0.1
FISCAL SECTOR
General Government (2)
Revenue, Expenditure and Surplus/Deficit [National Accounts Basis]
* Current revenue	$billion; seasonally adjusted annual rates	2nd Qtr 2004	3178.2	3120.0
* Current expenditure	$billion; seasonally adjusted annual rates	2nd Qtr 2004	3542.8	3499.2
* Current balance, surplus or deficit(-)	$billion; seasonally adjusted annual rates	2nd Qtr 2004	-364.6	-379.2
* Gross investment	$billion; seasonally adjusted annual rates	2nd Qtr 2004	382.2	368.6
* Total surplus or deficit(-)	$billion; seasonally adjusted annual rates	2nd Qtr 2004	-746.8	-747.8
Adjustment (3)
* Total adjustment	$billion; seasonally adj	2nd Qtr 2004	169.7	97.4
Financing [Flow of Funds Basis]
* Net financial investment	$billion; seasonally adj	2nd Qtr 2004	-579.2	-650.2
* * Net acquisition of financial assets	$billion; seasonally adj	2nd Qtr 2004	-11.3	32.7
* * Net increase in liabilities	$billion; seasonally adj	2nd Qtr 2004	567.9	682.9
Central Government Operations
* Revenue	$billion	May 2004	115.4	220.0
* Expenditure	$billion	May 2004	178.0	202.5
* Balance, Deficit/Surplus	$billion	May 2004	62.5	-17.6
* Financing	$billion	May 2004	62.5	-17.6
* * Borrowing from the public	$billion	May 2004	47.8	-17.9
* * Reduction of operating cash	$billion	May 2004	24.6	-19.1
* * By other means	$billion	May 2004	-9.9	19.5
Central Government Debt
* Total government debt	$billion	September 2004	7379.1	7351.0
* * Short-term maturity (1 year and less)	$billion	September 2004	1185.4	1171.8
* * Long-term maturity (greater than 1 year)	$billion	September 2004	6183.4	6168.7
* Debt guaranteed by central government	$million	September 2004	184	180
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations
		Date of Latest	Latest data	Latest-1 data
FINANCIAL SECTOR
Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector
* Monetary Aggregates
** M1	$million; seasonally adj	September 27, 2004	1357462	1350790
** M2	$million; seasonally adj	September 27, 2004	6339811	6336007
** M3	$million; seasonally adj	September 27, 2004	9332778	9317641
* Domestic credit to the general government (4)	$million	September 29, 2004	1203924	1213706
* Domestic credit to the rest of the domestic economy (5)	$million	September 29, 2004	5485096	5497068
External position, gross (own and custody claims, all currencies)	$million	2nd Qtr 2004	1951174	1883782
External position, gross (own claims in dollars)	$million	July 2004	1567192	1513722
External position, gross (own and custody liabilities, all currencies)	$million	2nd Qtr 2004	2596239	2555512
External position, gross (own and custody liabilities in dollars)	$million	July 2004	2581711	2532394
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
* Monetary Base	$million	October 6, 2004	757195.6	758561.9
* Domestic claims on the public sector	$million	October 6, 2004	765378.5	765675.6
* Domestic claims on the private sector	$million	October 6, 2004	-2842.04	-1916.684
External position, gross	$million	October 6, 2004	19393.24	19419.25
Interest Rates:     Daily updates are available from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Stock Market:     Real-time data can be obtained from NYSE Market Information
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations
		Date of Latest	Latest data	Latest-1 data
EXTERNAL SECTOR
Balance of payments
Current Account
* Exports of goods	$million	2004:II/p/	199,315	193,920
* Imports of goods	$million	2004:II/p/	-362,895	-344,688
* Exports of services	$million	2004:II/p/	84,979	82,156
* Imports of services	$million	2004:II/p/	-71,685	-69,990
* Receipts of income	$million	2004:II/p/	86,883	83,528
* Payments of income	$million	2004:II/p/	-84,240	-71,364
* Unilateral current transfers, net	$million	2004:II/p/	-18,534	-20,726
Capital and Financial Account
* Capital account transactions, net	$million	2004:II/p/	-321	-396
* U.S. official reserve assets, net	$million	2004:II/p/	1,122	557
* U.S. government assets, other than official reserve assets, net	$million	2004:II/p/	-41	727
* U.S. direct investment abroad	$million	2004:II/p/	-60,743	-47,608
* Foreign securities	$million	2004:II/p/	-30,316	-16,524
* U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S. nonbanking concerns	$million	2004:II/p/	2,403	-56,761
* U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere	$million	2004:II/p/	-30,880	-187,120
* Foreign official assets in the U.S., net	$million	2004:II/p/	73,877	127,864
* Foreign direct investment in the U.S.	$million	2004:II/p/	32,702	10,225
* U.S. Treasury securities	$million	2004:II/p/	35,560	65,438
* U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities	$million	2004:II/p/	88,617	62,064
* U.S. currency	$million	2004:II/p/	8,754	-1,800
* U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S. nonbanking concerns	$million	2004:II/p/	-5,191	40,723
* U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere	$million	2004:II/p/	30,927	140,834
Memoranda:
* Balance on goods	$million	2004:II/p/	-163,580	-150,768
* Balance on services	$million	2004:II/p/	13,294	12,166
* Balance on goods and services	$million	2004:II/p/	-150,286	-138,602
* Balance on income	$million	2004:II/p/	2,643	12,164
* Balance on goods, services, and income	$million	2004:II/p/	-147,643	-126,438
* Balance on current account	$million	2004:II/p/	-166,177	-147,164
International Reserves	$million	10-March-04	84,136	84,882
Merchandise Trade
* Total exports	$billion	August 2004	96.0	95.9
* Total imports	$billion	August 2004	150.1	146.5
* Total balance	$billion	May 2004	-46.0	-48.1
International investment position
Net international investment position of the U.S. with direct investment positions at current cost	$million	2002/p/	-2,387,211	-1,979,906
Net international investment position of the U.S. with direct investment positions at market value	$million	2002/p/	-2,605,155	-2,314,271
Assets
* U.S.-owned assets abroad with direct investment position at current cost	$million	2002/p/	6,189,191	6,187,410
* U.S.-owned assets abroad with direct investment position at market value	$million	2002/p/	6,473,562	6,891,251
* * U.S. direct investment abroad at current cost	$million	2002/p/	1,751,852	1,598,072
* * U.S. direct investment abroad at market value	$million	2002/p/	2,036,223	2,301,913
* * Foreign securities	$million	2002/p/	1,846,976	2,114,734
* * * Foreign bonds	$million	2002/p/	501,784	502,061
* * * Foreign corporate stocks	$million	2002/p/	1,345,192	1,612,673
* * Other investment: U.S. claims on unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S. nonbanking concerns	$million	2002/p/	890,961	835,780
* * Other investment: U.S. claims reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere	$million	2002/p/	1,455,114	1,423,209
* * Other investment: U.S. Government assets other than official reserve assets	$million	2002/p/	85,686	85,654
* * U.S. official reserve assets	$million	2002/p/	158,602	129,961
Liabilities
* Foreign-owned assets in the U.S. with direct investment position at current cost	$million	2002/p/	8,576,402	8,167,316
* Foreign-owned assets in the U.S. with direct investment position at market value	$million	2002/p/	9,078,717	9,205,522
* * Foreign direct investment in the U.S. at current cost	$million	2002/p/	1,504,428	1,514,374
* * Foreign direct investment in the U.S. at market value	$million	2002/p/	2,006,743	2,552,580
* * U.S. Treasury securities	$million	2002/p/	503,630	389,000
* * U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities	$million	2002/p/	2,861,115	2,855,705
* * * U.S. corporate and other bonds	$million	2002/p/	1,690,296	1,391,616
* * * U.S. corporate stocks	$million	2002/p/	1,170,819	1,464,089
* * Other investment: U.S. liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners reported by U.S. nonbanking concerns	$million	2002/p/	870,259	799,120
* * Other investment: U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere	$million	2002/p/	1,407,358	1,306,354
* * Other investment: U.S. currency	$million	2002/p/	297,082	275,569
* * Portfolio investment and other investment: Foreign official assets in the U.S.	$million	2002/p/	1,132,530	1,027,194
Gross External Debt:     Quarterly updates are available from the Department of the Treasury
Exchange rates:     Daily rates can obtained from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
POPULATION	thousands; resident population	November 1, 2000	276059	275843

Footnotes

1 The first estimate of output for a month is preliminary.

2 The data for the prescribed components of revenue, expenditure, and surplus/deficit are compiled on a "national accounts" basis. The data for the prescribed components of the financing of the surplus/deficit are dissiminated on a "flow of funds" basis. Because the method of compilation differs for these sets of data, it is necessary to adjust the "Total surplus of deficit" figure in order to arrive at the figure for "Net Financial Investment" (see footnote 3).

3 The adjustment figure is primarily an adjustment for depreciation (Consumption of Fixed Capital), but also includes Insurance and Pension Fund Reserves, Net Capital Transfers, Access Rights Sales, and Sector Discrepancy. In the current quarter, a small discrepancy will remain as a result of revisions to the "national accounts" data subsequent to the "flow of funds" data release (which includes the items for Adjustment).

4 Omits obligations of states and municipalities held at small banks.

5 Includes obligations of states and municipalities held at small banks.

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