The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting on U.S. economic data and statistics. The primary mission of the BEA is to provide accurate and comprehensive economic information to policymakers, businesses, researchers, and the public, including Gross Domestic Product (GDP), regional and state-level economies within the United States, industries and sectors of the U.S. economy, international economic data, research and economic analysis, and economic accounts data.