Bea

American

[bee] / bi /

noun

a first name, form of Beatrice.

BEA British

abbreviation

British European Airways

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Spending on construction of data centers accounted for 5% of all nonresidential building construction in 2025, up from about 2% in 2023, according to the BEA.

From The Wall Street Journal

The BEA will also release its second estimate of fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth.

From Barron's

“The decrease in government spending reflected a decrease in federal government spending. Both nondefense and defense consumption expenditures for employee compensation declined,” the BEA said in a technical note in Friday’s release.

From Barron's

The BEA estimated that the reduction in government services subtracted about 1 percentage point from real GDP growth in the fourth quarter.

From Barron's

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