How fast is the economy growing? How much output is produced by
labor and capital supplied by the United States? What income is
generated by production? BEA produces several different measures
for tracking production and economic growth in the United
States. Gross domestic product (GDP) is one of the most widely
used metrics, but there are several others that also provide
important information on the condition of the United States.
Although these measures have long been available in several
national income and product account (NIPA) tables, BEA has now
grouped these measures together for the first time in a new
family of tables. An added bonus: the new tables are part of
BEA’s award-winning interactive database that allows users to
generate custom tables and charts directly on our Web site. BEA
developed the new tables to help our customers access the
different statistics from one location. For those less familiar
with these economic gauges, the new tables organize and label
them in a way that clarifies their