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Survey of Current Business

June 2017

Director's Message

In this issue, we are pleased to present an article discussing the most recent statistics from our travel and tourism satellite ac­counts. Real output of goods and services sold directly to visitors increased 2.3 percent in 2016 after increasing 3.7 percent in 2015. These revised statistics reflect the incorporation of the annual update of the industry economic accounts, which was released in November 2016.

Upcoming in the Survey...

  • Annual Update of the International Economic Accounts. A summary of the major sources of the revisions to these accounts for 2013–2016.
  • Direct Investment Positions by Country and by Industry. A more detailed look at inward and outward direct investment in 2016.
  • International Investment Position. A look at the positions at the end of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017.
  • U.S. International Transactions. Statistics for the first quarter of 2017.
  • Regional Quarterly Report. Statistics on state personal income for the first quarter of 2017.