DOC/BEA Apps for Innovation Challenging developers to look for innovative ways to utilize DOC and other publicly available data to help businesses identify opportunities, grow, enhance productivity and create jobs April 26, 2012 Nicholas Empey
2 About BEA BEA is one of the worlds leading statistical agencies Key statistics produced include: Gross domestic product (GDP) Personal income and outlays Balance of payments Income and GDP by state and metropolitan area GDP-by-industry
How are BEA Estimates Used? Policymaking Academic research Business decisions 3
BEA Regional Data 4 Personal Income (State, Metropolitan Area, County, Economic Area) Gross Domestic Product (State and Metropolitan Area) RIMS Multipliers (Custom Areas)
Personal Income 5
Expenditure Components of GDP (2011) GDP = C + I + G + X - M = GDP Consumption 71.1% Government 20.1% Investment 12.7% Exports 13.8% Imports 17.7%
GDP by State 7
8 Regional Data Availability Regional data can be retrieved from the site several ways: RSS feed.CSV files BEARFacts Interactive tables
9 BEA.gov Home Page
10 BEA.gov Home Page
Downloads Download complete data sets 11
BEARFacts Downloadable as.pdf files 12
13 Interactive Tables Interactive tablesthe easiest way to access BEA data
14 Interactive Tables Easy to share
15 Interactive Tables Login feature allows users to save steps for creating complex tables
16 Interactive Charts Charts and maps can be saved as.png files
Contact Information Mike Kruger (Host) Director of Digital Strategy U.S. Department of Commerce Nicholas Empey (Presenter) Chief, Data and Administrative Systems Group Regional Economics Directorate, BEA 17