The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting official U.S. economic data and statistics. The BEA provides data for 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. The BEA and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly release monthly data on the nation’s imports, exports, and trade balance.