U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Review, Pricing, and Features

Key features

• Interactive Data Application for national, international, regional, and industry statistics; supports customized charts plus downloads as CSV, spreadsheets, or PDF.
• Open Data hub with a public data listing file (JSON) and downloadable datasets in CSV, XLS, and/or ZIP formats.
• BEA Data API provides programmatic access to published economic statistics and related metadata; requests are made via HTTPS to a single endpoint using HTTP GET + querystring parameters.
• API returns results in JSON (default) or XML via the ResultFormat parameter; includes CORS headers for browser use and supports optional JSONP for legacy browsers.
• API registration requires name (or organization), valid email, and agreement to published terms; registration emails a unique 36‑character UserID that must be activated.
• Standard API throttling limits for all user accounts: 100 requests/min, 100 MB/min data volume, and 30 errors/min; throttling returns HTTP 429 with a Retry‑After header and enforces a 1‑hour timeout.
• API dataset coverage includes NIPA tables, fixed assets, regional accounts, GDP-by-industry, input-output, international transactions, international investment position, international services trade, and multinational enterprises / direct investment datasets.
• BEA provides official open‑source tools, including Python and R packages (beaapi, bea.R) via the BEA GitHub organization.
• BEA publishes a public release schedule (calendar) of upcoming statistical releases and updates.
• Examples of flagship indicators include Gross Domestic Product (GDP) releases and the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index used for inflation tracking.

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