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April 30, 2006 3:24 PM |

GDP grew at an annual rate 4.8% in the first quarter

Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 4.8% in the first quarter of 2006, according to advance estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis today. In the fourth quarter of 2005, real GDP increased 1.7 percent.

  • Final sales of computers contributed 0.11 percentage point to the first-quarter growth in real GDP while motor vehicle output subtracted 0.23 percentage point.

  • Current-dollar personal income increased $170.7 billion (6.7 percent) in the first quarter, compared with an increase of $233.3 billion (9.4 percent) in the fourth.

  • Real gross domestic purchases -- purchases by U.S. residents of goods and services wherever produced -- increased 5.4 percent in the first quarter, compared with an increase of 2.9 percent in the fourth.

The increase in real GDP in the first quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from personal consumption expenditures (PCE), equipment and software, exports, and federal government spending. 

The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents, increased 2.7 in the first quarter, compared with an increase of 3.7 percent in the fourth. 

Disposable personal income increased $132.2 billion (5.8 percent) in the first quarter, compared with an increase of $212.7 billion (9.8 percent) in the fourth. Personal outlays increased $166.9 billion (7.4 percent) in the first quarter, compared with an increase of $84.6 billion (3.7 percent) in the fourth.

Current-dollar GDP -- the market value of the nation's output of goods and services -- increased 8.2 percent, or $254.8 billion, in the first quarter to a level of $13,020.9 billion.

GDP : http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/gdpnewsrelease.htm

April 28, 2006 5:58 PM |

Capital Expenditures by U.S. MNCs Totaled $438.2 billion in 2004

U.S. multinational companies (MNCs) employed 29.6 million workers worldwide in 2004, of which 21.3 million were employed in the United States by U.S. parent companies, according to the US Department of Commerce report "Summary Estimates for Multinational Companies: Employment, Sales, and Capital Expenditures for 2004" released today. Sales by U.S. parent companies totaled $6,866.1 billion, and those by majority-owned foreign affiliates totaled $3,282.5 billion.

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April 26, 2006 11:54 AM |

March US Government Deficit is Pegged at $85.4 Billions
Select Budget Outlays for Mar-06 Include… $ Millions
Department of Health and Human Services    64,063
Social Security Administration    52,262
Department of Defense 48,472
Interest on Treasury debt securities (gross)    19,694
Department of Agriculture    6,914
Department of Homeland Security    5,868
Department of Education    5,591
Total outlays    250,034
Select Budget Outlays for Mar-06 Include… $ Millions
Department of Health and Human Services    64,063
Social Security Administration    52,262
Department of Defense-Military    48,472
Interest on Treasury debt securities (gross)    19,694
Department of Agriculture    6,914
Department of Homeland Security    5,868
Department of Education    5,591
Others…

 47,170
Total outlays    250,034

April 12, 2006 5:05 PM |

Initial Claims for the Week Ending 4/1 Decreased by 5,000

In the week ending April 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 299,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 304,000. The 4-week moving average was 308,500, a decrease of 2,750 from the previous week's revised average of 311,250.

The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending March 25 was 2,440,000, a decrease of 22,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,462,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,455,000, a decrease of 12,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,467,500.  

April 12, 2006 4:59 PM |

55% Americans dream to own a business - Yahoo Poll


The nationwide survey of more than 2,100 U.S. adults is being released in conjunction with National Small Business Week April 9-15, 2006. The survey, conducted four weeks ago, measured sentiment among the general population about aspirations for owning a small business and the role of the Internet in enabling the start up of small businesses.

Harris Interactive Inc. conducted the the study on behalf of Yahoo Small Business, interviewing a nationwide sample of 2,123 U.S. adults 18 and older.

April 12, 2006 4:57 PM |

Top Sites for In-Depth Insights on Economy, Business, Finance

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▪ The Conference Board
▪ Haver Analytics
▪ Global Insight
▪ Economagic
▪ HBS Working Knowledge 
▪ Knowledge@Wharton
▪ Stanford Knowledgebase
▪ MIT Sloan Management Review
▪ Harvard Business Review
▪ The McKinsey Quarterly
▪ Strategy & Business
▪ Wall Street Journal
▪ Business 2.0
▪ Business Week
▪ Fast Company
▪ Forbes 
▪ Fortune
▪ Economist
▪ Yahoo Finance
BLOGRoll
▪ ArgMax (Econ)
▪ DealBook
▪ GigaOM
▪ HeadRush
▪ paidContent.org
▪ SeekingAlpha
▪ Seth's Blog
▪ Software Only
▪ TechCrunch
▪ TechDirt
▪ The Big Picture
▪ VentureBeat
▪ VentureBlog

April 4, 2006 8:29 AM |

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April 3, 2006 12:16 PM |

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