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Early experimental data and analysis on economic activity and social change in the UK. These real-time indicators are created using rapid response surveys, novel data sources and experimental methods.

Provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the latest weeks.

We forecast natural gas consumption by the U.S. electric power sector this summer will remain near recent highs and set a record next summer in our May Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Despite a 2% increase in overall U.S. electricity demand this summer, we expect natural gas-fired electricity generation to be simi…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2026 (January, February, and March), according to the second estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter of 2025, real GDP increased 0.5 percent. The contributors to the inc…

Personal income decreased less than $0.1 billion (less than 0.1 percent at a monthly rate) in April, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Disposable personal income (DPI)-personal income less personal current taxes-decreased $19.9 billion (0.1 percent), and personal co…

Official statistics in development of gross disposable household income (GDHI) at Lower-layer Super Output Area (LSOA) and equivalent geographies.

Estimates of inflation rates experienced by different types of household in the UK.

Non-seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted quarterly estimates of life satisfaction, feeling that the things done in life are worthwhile, happiness and anxiety in the UK.

Estimates of young people (aged 16 to 24 years) who are not in education, employment or training, by age and sex. These are official statistics in development.

Total energy exports from the United States reached a record 31 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in 2025, 2% more than the previous record set in 2024. U.S. energy imports were 21 quads, down 5% from 2024. Taken together, net trade—total imports less total exports—reached 11 quads of net exports in 2025, a …

Annual live births, stillbirths, maternities, and fertility rates in England and Wales by factors including parent age, parent country of birth, ethnicity, deprivation, gestational age and birthweight.

Number of deaths registered by year, sex, area of usual residence and Office for National Statistics (ONS) shortlist of cause of death code.

Developers plan to bring approximately 44.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of new pipeline capacity online in the United States in 2026 and 2027, according to our latest Natural Gas Pipeline Projects Tracker. Approximately 70% (31.6 Bcf/d) of this new capacity is already under construction. More than 66% (29.7 B…

Expenditure on energy, goods and services used as inputs to UK business processes by product type and industry. Estimates from the 2024 Annual Purchases Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Size and growth within the UK non-financial sectors as measured by the Annual Business Survey.

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.6% in Apr 2026 News Release Historical Data Unemployment Rate: 4.3% in Apr 2026 News Release Historical Data Payroll Employment: +115,000(p) in Apr 2026 News Release Historical Data Average Hourly Earnings: +$0.06(p) in Apr 2026 News Release Historical Data Producer Price Index - Final…

Against the backdrop of a nationwide increase in gasoline prices, regional dynamics including local supply and demand conditions, state fuel specifications, and state taxes influence the different prices drivers see at the pump.

In the first four months of 2026, electricity, natural gas, and coal prices suggested continued favorable economics for coal generation in MISO. The dark spread of coal, the difference between the fuel costs for coal-fired generation and the wholesale electricity price, in the Midcontinent Independent System Operato…

In the Annual Energy Outlook 2026 (AEO2026), our long-term outlook, we project electricity consumed by data center servers will increase across the commercial building stock, increasing more in standalone data centers than in all other data center rooms combined. By 2050, server consumption alone reaches between 446…

We forecast U.S. industrial natural gas consumption will climb to record highs through 2027 in our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. Industrial consumption averaged a record 23.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2025, 1% more than the record 23.4 Bcf/d reached in 2023. In our forecast, consumption gradually inc…

In our most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that annual electric power generation from utility-scale solar will surpass that from coal for the first time in 2026 within the electricity grid that covers most of Texas. Solar generation is expected to reach 78 billion kilowatthours (BkWh) in 2026 i…

The U.S. Energy Information Administration published its May Short-Term Energy Outlook, reflecting a continued disruption to Middle Eastern oil flows.

Total energy production in the United States increased to a new record of 107 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in 2025, a 3.4% increase from the previous record set in 2024, according to new data in our Monthly Energy Review. Total production was driven by record-high production in natural gas, crude oil, n…

The United States exported nearly 50,000 barrels per day (b/d) of renewable diesel and other biofuels—a category which includes sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)—in the second half of 2025 (2H25), about 20% of the combined production for those fuels. About half of these exports went to Canada, with the rest mostly goi…

Commercial electricity sales in Virginia increased by nearly 30.0 million megawatthours (MWh) between 2019 and 2025, much faster growth than in any other state except Texas, a much larger state, according to our Annual Electric Power Industry Report. The growth in sales of electricity in Virginia is largely driven b…

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit increased in March 2026 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $57.8 billion in February (revised) to $60.3 billion in March, as imports increased more than exports. The goods deficit increased $4.1 billion…

The volume of coal delivered in the United States for uses other than power generation—primarily, for manufacturing—decreased by about half in the last 15 years. Coal delivered for these purposes in the South decreased the most in percentage terms between 2010 and 2025, falling 75%, or 14.7 million short tons (MMst)…

Between the week ending March 20 and the week ending April 24, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a total of 17.5 million barrels of crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), according to data in our Weekly Petroleum Status Report. DOE released 7.1 million barrels in the week ending April …

Oil and gas producers operating in Alaska reported increases in proved reserves in 2024 at a time when low prices triggered a decrease in nationwide proved reserves, according to our recently released U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves, Year-End 2024 report. Alaska's crude oil and lease condensate proved…

Prices for natural gas in Europe and Asia have diverged from those in the United States since the February 28 closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Electric utilities in the United States currently operate about 98 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear generating capacity, but very little nuclear capacity has been built in the last few decades. High capital costs and lengthy licensing and approval processes have limited the expansion of nuclear power. However, several comp…

The Dated Brent spot price increased to a premium of more than $25 per barrel (b) compared with the front-month Brent futures contract in early April. Brent crude oil price benchmarks are widely used by commodities traders, financial market participants, economists, and others to assess changes in global petroleum p…

On April 22, 2026, Golden Pass LNG-the 10th liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the United States-shipped its first cargo from Train 1, according to the project developer. The shipment left port 23 days after achieving first LNG production in March 2026. The terminal began shipping as geopolitical developments i…

We estimate the Lower 48 U.S. states began this natural gas injection season (April–October) with 1,890 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of working natural gas in storage, based on interpolated data from our Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report. This level was 3% above the previous five-year (2021–25) average and 3% above last…

In the 1970s, the United States and other OECD countries established strategic oil stocks aimed at mitigating the impact of supply disruptions. In March 2026, the United States, along with other members of the International Energy Agency, agreed to a coordinated emergency release of strategic oil stocks following th…

In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports will continue to increase as five LNG export projects start operations and ramp up production by the end of 2027. We also forecast increased natural gas pipeline exports, mainly to Mexico. In our forecast, net e…

Motor gasoline in the United States is a blend of hydrocarbons and chemicals, with specific formulas varying by region and season. To meet federal air quality standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state regulators require different formulations, depending on air quality and location, which af…

In our April Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we expect U.S. hydropower generation will increase by 5% in 2026 but remain 1.8% below the 10-year average following snow drought conditions in some states. Hydropower generation in 2025 increased to 245 billion kilowatthours (BkWh), about 4 BkWh more than the record-lo…

During 2025, the U.S. electric power sector retired 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired generating capacity at four power plants, the least since 2010. At the beginning of 2025, coal plant operators had planned to retire 8.5 GW of capacity; however, 4.8 GW of planned retirements were delayed to a future year, and the o…

Annual motor gasoline consumption in the United States decreased in 2025 even as vehicle miles traveled (VMT) increased because of increasing fuel efficiency, a trend we forecast will continue in 2026 and 2027. U.S. motor gasoline consumption averaged 8.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2025, 1% less than 2024 and …

In our Annual Energy Outlook 2026 (AEO2026), we project U.S. dry natural gas production, which accounted for 38% of total U.S. energy production in 2025, will increase significantly over the next several decades, meeting growing domestic and international natural gas demand.

The Annual Energy Outlook 2026 (AEO2026) explores medium- and long-term alternative futures in the United States through 2050. AEO2026 enables the public to explore a suite of alternative pathways for our energy future depending on assumptions made about markets, technological breakthroughs, and policy. It includes …

The U.S. Energy Information Administration published its April Short Term Energy Outlook this week, examining the implications of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Crude oil and petroleum product prices increased significantly in the first quarter of 2026 (1Q26), particularly following military action in the Middle East on February 28 and the subsequent de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz. In this quarterly update, we review petroleum markets price developments in 1Q26, c…

In 2025, the United States imported an average of 490,000 barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil from the Middle East Gulf region—Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Crude oil imports from the region are primarily medium sour grades of crude oil and flow mainly into the …

Rooftop solar generating capacity in Puerto Rico totaled 1,456 megawatts (MW) at the end of 2025, 20% of the overall capacity mix. Rooftop solar capacity has increased faster than other sources over the past decade. Between 2016 and 2025 rooftop solar installations accounted for 81% of the new generating capacity in…

After four years of growth, U.S. coal exports decreased by 16 million short tons (MMst) in 2025, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Exports totaled 93 MMst in 2025, compared with 108 MMst in 2024. Thermal coal exports fell by 18%, and metallurgical coal exports fell by 11%.

EIA is launching three voluntary pilot field studies to evaluate energy consumption in data centers, with web-based pilot surveys in Texas and Washington state as well as in-person interviews in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC.

The U.S. current-account deficit resulting from international economic transactions narrowed by $48.4 billion, or 20.2 percent, to $190.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The revised third-quarter deficit was $239.1 billion. The fo…

Personal income increased $113.8 billion (0.4 percent at a monthly rate) in January, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)-personal income less personal current taxes-increased $219.9 billion (0.9 percent), and personal consumption expenditure…

Crude oil price movements. The Brent crude oil spot price has risen sharply following the onset of military action in the Middle East. Brent settled at $94 per barrel (b) on March 9, up about 50% from the beginning of the year and the highest since September 2023. Crude oil prices have risen as petroleum shipments t…

The value added of the outdoor recreation economy accounted for 2.4 percent ($696.7 billion) of current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP) for the nation in 2024. Across states and the District of Columbia, value added for outdoor recreation as a share of state GDP ranged from 6.1 percent in Hawaii to 1.0 percent i…

Personal income increased $86.2 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in December, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)-personal income less personal current taxes-increased $75.7 billion (0.3 percent), and personal consumption expenditures…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025 (October, November, and December), according to the advance estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 4.4 percent. The contributors to the increas…

Real personal consumption expenditures (PCE) by state increased in 48 states and the District of Columbia in 2024, with the percent change ranging from 5.3 percent in Massachusetts to -0.2 percent in Montana. Real PCE for the nation increased 2.9 percent in 2024. Real personal income increased in 46 states and the D…

Natural gas prices rose sharply in January, averaging $7.72 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), as cold weather increased heating demand, reduced production, and led to record storage withdrawals during Winter Storm Fern. The drawdown for the week ending January 30 was the largest weekly net withdrawal record…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 2,273 counties, decreased in 809 counties, and was unchanged in 24 counties in 2024. County-level changes ranged from a 76.6 percent increase in Carter County, MT, to a 46.3 percent decline in Baca County, CO. Personal income, in current dollars, increased in 2,768 coun…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the third quarter of 2025. State-level changes ranged from a 6.5 percent increase in Kansas to a 0.4 percent increase in North Dakota. Personal income increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the third quar…

The U.S. net international investment position, the difference between U.S. residents' foreign financial assets and liabilities, was -$27.61 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2025, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Assets totaled $41.27 trillion, and liabilitie…

The U.S. current-account deficit narrowed by $22.8 billion, or 9.2 percent, to $226.4 billion in the third quarter of 2025, according to statistics released today by BEA. The revised second-quarter deficit was $249.2 billion. The third-quarter deficit was 2.9 percent of current-dollar gross domestic product, down fr…

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) published its first energy-sector forecasts through 2027 in the January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).

Majority-owned U.S. affiliates of foreign multinational enterprises employed 8.66 million workers in the United States in 2023, a 1.9 percent increase from 8.5 million workers in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. These affiliates accounted for 6.2 percent of total private-industry employment i…

Real gross domestic product for Puerto Rico increased 3.0 percent in 2023 after decreasing 2.1 percent in 2022. The increase in real gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 primarily reflected an increase in exports. Personal consumption expenditures, government spending, and private fixed investment also increased. Th…

Worldwide employment by U.S. multinational enterprises decreased 0.4 percent to 43.9 million workers in 2023 (preliminary) from 44.1 million workers in 2022 (revised), according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis on the operations and finances of U.S. parent companies and their fore…

The U.S. direct investment abroad position, or cumulative level of investment, increased $206.3 billion to $6.83 trillion at the end of 2024, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The increase was led by an $88.4 billion increase in the position in Europe, primarily in Luxem…

Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $151.0 billion in 2024, according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenditures decreased $24.9 billion, or 14.2 percent, from $176.0 billion (revised) in 2023 and were b…

The Marine Economy Satellite Account statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show the marine economy accounted for $511.0 billion, or 1.8 percent, of current-dollar U.S. gross domestic product in 2023, an increase from $482.4 billion in 2022. The marine economy accounted for $826.6 billion,…

The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that arts and cultural economic activity, adjusted for inflation, increased 6.6 percent in 2023 after increasing 3.8 percent in 2022. By comparison, the broader economy, as measured by real gross domestic produc…

Real personal consumption expenditures (PCE) by state increased in 48 states and the District of Columbia in 2023, with the percent change ranging from 7.3 percent in Maine to -0.6 percent in Alabama. Real PCE for the nation increased 2.5 percent in 2023. <!--Full Text Link--><a href='https://www.bea.gov/news/2024/r…

In 2023, real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 2,357 counties, decreased in 734 counties, and was unchanged in 23 counties. The percent change in real GDP ranged from 125.8 percent in Throckmorton County, TX, to -39.6 percent in Lincoln County, WA. <!--Full Text Link--><a href='https://www.bea.gov/news/2024…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands increased 16.7 percent in 2022 and 5.1 percent in 2021 after decreasing 29.1 percent in 2020. The growth in real GDP from 2021 to 2022 reflected increases in exports, government spending, and private fixed investment. These increa…

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released statistics today measuring the outdoor recreation economy for the nation, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia. The new U.S. data show that the value added of the outdoor recreation economy accounted for 2.3 percent ($639.5 billion) of current-dollar gross domesti…

In 2023, personal income, in current dollars, increased in 2,814 counties, decreased in 295, and was unchanged in five counties in 2023. Personal income increased 6.0 percent in the metropolitan portion of the United States and 4.7 percent in the nonmetropolitan portion. <!--Full Text Link--><a href='https://www.bea…

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2023. The percent change ranged from 8.1 percent in Florida to 4.7 percent in Iowa. Nationally, current-dollar PCE increased 6.4 percent in 2023 after increasing 9.8 percent in 2022. <!--Full Text Link--><a href='https…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) for the U.S. Virgin Islands decreased 1.3 percent in 2022 after increasing 3.7 percent in 2021. The decrease in real GDP reflected declines in exports, private fixed investment, government spending, and personal consumption expenditures that were partly offset by an increase in inve…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) for Guam increased 5.1 percent in 2022 after increasing 2.1 percent in 2021. The increase in real GDP reflected increases in exports, private fixed investment, government spending, and personal consumption expenditures. Imports, a subtraction item in the calculation of GDP, increase…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 44 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2023, with the percent change ranging from 8.7 percent in Wyoming to -1.9 percent in Vermont. <!--Full Text Link--><a href='https://www.bea.gov/news/2023/gross-domestic-product-state-2nd-quarter-2023-and-co…

In the second quarter, the value added of private goods-producing industries increased 7.7 percent, private services-producing industries increased 1.0 percent, and government increased 1.0 percent. Overall, 13 of 22 industry groups contributed to the 2.1 percent increase in second-quarter real GDP. <!--Full Text Li…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) for American Samoa increased 1.8 percent in 2022 after decreasing 0.8 percent in 2021. The increase in real GDP reflected increases in government spending and exports. Personal consumption expenditures, private fixed investment, and private inventory investment subtracted from growt…

Personal income, in current dollars, increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2023, with the percent change ranging from 6.1 percent in New York and the District of Columbia to -2.7 percent in Maine. <!--Full Text Link--><a href='https://www.bea.gov/news/2023/personal-income-state…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 2,404 counties, decreased in 691 counties, and was unchanged in 17 counties in 2021. The percent change in real GDP ranged from 81.8 percent in Coke County, TX, to -34.8 percent in Chouteau County, MT. <!--Full Text Link--><a href='https://www.bea.gov/news/2022/gross-do…

Today, the U.S Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released official statistics of real state personal consumption expenditures (PCE) for the first time. Real PCE decreased 3.8 percent in 2020 for the nation. Across states, the percent change ranged from 2.2 percent in Utah to -7.0 percent in Hawaii, Maryland, and New…

The estimates of GDP for the CNMI show that real GDP-GDP adjusted to remove price changes-decreased 11.2 percent in 2019 after decreasing 19.3 percent in 2018. This release also includes the results of a comprehensive update of the territorial economic accounts. <!--Full Text Link--><a href='https://www.bea.gov/news…

Real state personal income grew 2.4 percent in 2019 after increasing 3.1 percent in 2018, according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Real state personal income is a state's current-dollar personal income adjusted by the state's regional price parity and the national personal cons…

State personal income increased 3.8 percent at an annual rate in the third quarter of 2019, a deceleration from the 4.4 percent increase in the second quarter. The percent change in personal income across all states ranged from 15.2 percent in South Dakota to 1.9 percent in West Virginia and Wyoming. <!--Full Text L…

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 2,375 counties, decreased in 717, and was unchanged in 21 in 2018, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The percentage change in real GDP ranged from 86.5 percent in Jackson County, WV, to -44.0 percent in Grant County, ND…

The estimates of GDP for the CNMI show that real GDP-GDP adjusted to remove price changes-decreased 19.6 percent in 2018 after increasing 25.5 percent in 2017 (see Table 1.3). For comparison, real GDP for the United States (excluding the territories) increased 2.9 percent in 2018 after increasing 2.4 percent in 2017…

The estimates of GDP for the USVI show that real GDP - GDP adjusted to remove price changes - decreased 1.7 percent in 2017 after increasing 0.9 percent in 2016. For comparison, real GDP for the United States (excluding the territories) increased 2.2 percent in 2017 after increasing 1.6 percent in 2016. <!--Full Tex…

In 2017, the U.S. direct investment abroad position increased to $6,013.3 billion and the foreign direct investment in the United States position increased to $4,025.5 billion, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The increases were mainly due to increased investment with countr…

Real spending (output) on travel and tourism accelerated in the third quarter of 2017, growing at an annual rate of 6.6 percent after increasing 6.0 percent (revised) in the second quarter, according to new statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real gross domestic product (GDP) for the nation also …

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 267 out of 382 metropolitan areas in 2016. Real GDP by metropolitan area growth ranged from 8.1 percent in Lake Charles, LA and Bend-Redmond, OR to -13.3 percent in Odessa, TX. Real GDP for U.S. metropolitan areas grew 1.7 percent in 2016, led by growth in professional …

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) today released its 2007 Benchmark Input-Output (I-O) Account of the U.S. Economy. This widely used account--which provided the foundation for BEA's 2013 comprehensive revision of its gross domestic product (GDP) statistics--offers a comprehensive picture of the inner workings of…

U.S. multinational companies: U.S. and foreign operations: Worldwide employment by U.S. multinational companies (MNCs) increased 1.5 percent in 2011 to 34.5 million workers, with the increase primarily reflecting increases abroad. Employment in the United States by majority-owned U.S. affiliates of foreign MNCs rose…