1. www.bea.gov 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. www.bea.gov 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

3. www.bea.gov How are BEA Estimates Used? Policymaking Academic research Business decisions 3

4. www.bea.gov BEA Regional Data 4 Personal Income (State, Metropolitan Area, County, Economic Area) Gross Domestic Product (State and Metropolitan Area) RIMS Multipliers (Custom Areas)

5. www.bea.gov Personal Income 5

6. www.bea.gov 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% +++- 6

7. www.bea.gov GDP by State 7

8. www.bea.gov 8 Regional Data Availability Regional data can be retrieved from the www.bea.gov site several ways: www.bea.gov RSS feed.CSV files BEARFacts Interactive tables

9. www.bea.gov 9 BEA.gov Home Page

10. www.bea.gov 10 BEA.gov Home Page

11. www.bea.gov.CSV Downloads Download complete data sets 11

12. www.bea.gov BEARFacts Downloadable as.pdf files 12

13. www.bea.gov 13 Interactive Tables Interactive tablesthe easiest way to access BEA data

14. www.bea.gov 14 Interactive Tables Easy to share

15. www.bea.gov 15 Interactive Tables Login feature allows users to save steps for creating complex tables

16. www.bea.gov 16 Interactive Charts Charts and maps can be saved as.png files

17. www.bea.gov Contact Information Mike Kruger (Host) Director of Digital Strategy U.S. Department of Commerce mkruger@doc.gov, 202-482-2556mkruger@doc.gov Nicholas Empey (Presenter) Chief, Data and Administrative Systems Group Regional Economics Directorate, BEA nicholas.empey@bea.gov, 202-606-9762nicholas.empey@bea.gov 17