미국경제분석국(BEA)은 미국 GDP, 경제성장률이 상승한 이유로 다음과 같은 점을 지적했습니다.

- 소비자 소비가 강하게 돌아서고 있다. 새 차와 트럭에 대한 구매가 큰 기여를 했는데, 7-8월에 시행된 연방의 "cash for clunkers" 프로그램(차량교체 프로그램)이 큰 역할을 했다.

- 주택 부문(Housing)이 15분기만에 최초로 돌아섰다.

- 재고투자, 수출, 정부지출이 역시 성장률에 기여했다고 밝혔습니다.


물가 부문을 보면, 3분기에 1.6%, 2분기에 0.5% 상승한 것에 불과하여 안정적이라고 밝혔습니다. 3분기에 다소 높은 것은 에너지 가격 상승만을 반영할 뿐이라고 합니다.


개인소득(Personal Income)은 정부의 사회안전 지원과, 미국 재건 및 재투자법(American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) 조치에 따라 향상되었으나, 이러한 지원 부분을 빼면, 3분기에는 다소 하락하였다고 하네요.

실제로 개인 소득 부분은 2분기 +0.6%에서, 3분기 -0.5%로 하락하였다고 합니다. 그러나 전체 중사이클 추세를 생각할 때, 무난하다고 볼 수 있는 대목입니다. 가처분소득은 전분기 +3.8% 상승에서, 3분기 -3.4% 감소하였으나, 2분기-3분기 전체적으로 보면 중립적인 수준에 있다고 볼 수 있겠습니다.

개인 저축률은 3분기에 3.3%를 기록했고, 2분기는 4.9%였습니다.


금번의 3분기 미국 GDP 추이를 보면, 정부 지출과 지원 프로그램에 따라 물론 예상보다 크게 나온 측면도 있으나, 4분기 연속 하락추세를 종결시키고, 최초로 양전환(+)했다는데 의미가 있습니다. 
또한 전분기 -1.0%에서 이번 분기 3.5%로, 상승 전환의 추세가 확실해졌기 때문에, 사실상 미국 경제위기는 종결되었다고 보는 것이 적절한 것으로 생각됩니다. 

따라서, 앞으로의 미국경제나 세계경제는 일상적인 사이클과 모멘텀에 따라 추세를 탈 것으로 생각합니다.
그 이전에, 미국 경기사이클의 침체를 선언했던 전미경제조사국(NBER)이 먼저 미국경기 침체의 종료를 공식 선언할 것으로 전망됩니다. 그 시기는 올해 11월이나 12월이 될 것으로 생각되는데, 이는 침체를 선언한 이후 약 2년만의 일이 될 것입니다.


다음은 BEA의 요약 발표 자료입니다.

Gross Domestic Product

The rise in real GDP reflected the following:
• Consumer spending turned up strongly. Spending on new cars and trucks was a big contributor,
reflecting the federal “cash for clunkers” program, which was in effect in July and August.
• Housing increased for the first time in 15 quarters.
• Inventory investment, exports, and government spending also added to growth.

Prices
Prices of goods and services purchased by U.S. residents increased 1.6 percent in the third quarter after
increasing 0.5 percent in the second quarter, mainly reflecting an upturn in energy prices.
Excluding food and energy, prices rose 0.5 percent after rising 0.8 percent.

Personal Income
In the second quarter, personal income was boosted by government payments to recipients of social security and
other benefits enacted in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Coming off those payments, personal
income declined in the third quarter.

Current-dollar personal income fell 0.5 percent after rising 0.6 percent. Real disposable personal income—
income adjusted for inflation and taxes—declined 3.4 percent in the third quarter after increasing 3.8 percent in
the second quarter.

The personal saving rate—personal saving as a percent of current-dollar disposable personal income—was 3.3
percent in the third quarter. In the second quarter, it was 4.9 percent.

gdp3q09_adv_fax.pdf

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2008 (ADVANCE)

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- decreased at an annual rate of 3.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to advance estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP decreased 0.5 percent.
The Bureau emphasized that the fourth-quarter “advance” estimates are based on source data that are incomplete or subject to further revision by the source agency (see the box on page 4). The fourth-quarter “preliminary” estimates, based on more comprehensive data, will be released on February 27, 2009.
The decrease in real GDP in the fourth quarter primarily reflected negative contributions fromexports, personal consumption expenditures, equipment and software, and residential fixed investment that were partly offset by positive contributions from private inventory investment and federal government spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, decreased.
Most of the major components contributed to the much larger decrease in real GDP in the fourth quarter than in the third. The largest contributors were a downturn in exports and a much larger decrease in equipment and software. The most notable offset was a much larger decrease in imports.
Final sales of computers subtracted less than 0.01 percentage point from the change in real GDP after subtracting 0.01 percentage point from the third-quarter change. Motor vehicle output subtracted
2.04 percentage points from the fourth-quarter change in real GDP after contributing 0.16 percentage point to the third-quarter change.
The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents, decreased 4.6 percent in the fourth quarter, in contrast to an increase of 4.5 percent in the third. Excluding food and energy prices, the price index for gross domestic purchases increased 1.2 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with an increase of 2.8 percent in the third.
Real personal consumption expenditures decreased 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with a decrease of 3.8 percent in the third. Durable goods decreased 22.4 percent, compared with a decrease of 14.8 percent. Nondurable goods decreased 7.1 percent, the same as in the third. Services expenditures increased 1.7 percent, in contrast to a decrease of 0.1 percent.
Real nonresidential fixed investment decreased 19.1 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with a decrease of 1.7 percent in the third. Nonresidential structures decreased 1.8 percent, in contrast to an increase of 9.7 percent. Equipment and software decreased 27.8 percent, compared with a decrease of
7.5 percent. Real residential fixed investment decreased 23.6 percent, compared with a decrease of 16.0 percent.
Real exports of goods and services decreased 19.7 percent in the fourth quarter, in contrast to an increase of 3.0 percent in the third. Real imports of goods and services decreased 15.7 percent,compared with a decrease of 3.5 percent.
Real federal government consumption expenditures and gross investment increased 5.8 percent inthe fourth quarter, compared with an increase of 13.8 percent in the third. National defense increased
2.1 percent, compared with an increase of 18.0 percent. Nondefense increased 14.5 percent, compared with an increase of 5.1 percent. Real state and local government consumption expenditures and gross investment decreased 0.5 percent, in contrast to an increase of 1.3 percent.
The real change in private inventories added 1.32 percentage points to the fourth-quarter change in real GDP after adding 0.84 percentage point to the third-quarter change. Private businesses increased inventories $6.2 billion in the fourth quarter, following a decrease of $29.6 billion in the third quarter and a decrease of $50.6 billion in the second.
Real final sales of domestic product -- GDP less change in private inventories -- decreased 5.1 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with a decrease of 1.3 percent in the third.

출처 : http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/pdf/gdp408a.pdf