With this release, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has provided new and expanded detail on the industry sources of U.S. economic growth in 2012. These newly available data, which reflect the results of the 2014 comprehensive revision of the annual industry accounts, confirm the widespread growth in 2012. Overall, 20 of 22 industry groups contributed to the 2.8 percent increase in real GDP. Professional and business services; finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing; mining; and manufacturing were the leading contributors to growth.

• Professional, scientific, and technical services real value added—a measure of an industry’s contribution to GDP—increased 4.2 percent in 2012, continuing to reflect strong growth in computer systems design and related services.
• Real estate and rental and leasing increased 2.2 percent in 2012, the third consecutive year of positive real value added growth.
• Mining rose 14.0 percent in 2012, after increasing 9.9 percent in 2011, reflecting strong growth for oil and gas extraction.

Prices:

Value added prices modestly decelerated in 2012, increasing 1.7 percent after increasing 2.0 percent in 2011. Mining and agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting were the largest contributors to the deceleration in the GDP price index for 2012. Value added prices measure changes in an industry’s unit costs of capital and labor inputs and reflect the productivity of capital and labor used by the industry.

• Value added prices for the goods-producing sector decelerated in 2012, increasing 1.8 percent after increasing 6.0 percent in 2011. In contrast, value added prices for the services-producing sector accelerated, increasing 2.2 percent after increasing 1.2 percent in 2011.
• Value added prices for mining turned down in 2012, decreasing 8.0 percent after increasing 11.8 percent in 2011.
• Value added prices for agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting decelerated in 2012, increasing 1.4 percent after increasing 28.5 percent in 2011.

Other highlights:

• Real value added for manufacturing rose 1.9 percent in 2012, after increasing 0.7 percent in 2011.
• Real value added for information increased 4.4 percent in 2012, after increasing 2.2 percent in 2011. This is the industry’s strongest growth since 2008.
• Construction increased 4.0 percent, its first significant increase since 2004.
• Information-communications-technology producing industries accelerated in 2012, increasing 7.2 percent after increasing 4.7 percent in 2011.
• Manufacturing’s current-dollar share of GDP increased for the third consecutive year, to 12.5 percent, its highest share since 2007.