BEA Data API (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)

1. Register (free) at apps.bea.gov/api/signup with your name or organization and a real email address (BEA does not allow disposable email addresses).
2. BEA emails you a 36-character UserID along with an activation link. Click the link to activate the key.
3. That UserID is the only credential. It does not expire, though BEA may deactivate keys that stay unused for a long time or repeatedly exceed the fair-use limits.

In the Ingest UI under Connectors, BEA Data API, paste the UserID when prompted. Each endpoint pins one headline table or slice of a BEA dataset; every dataset parameter (table name, frequency, years, geography, indicator) is exposed as an endpoint setting, so you can retarget any endpoint to a different table without code changes.

BEA allows 100 requests per minute, 100 MB of data per minute, and 30 errors per minute per key; exceeding any of these locks the key out for about a minute. Ingest dispatches at 1 request per second and honors 429 responses, and each endpoint makes a single request per run, so scheduled runs stay far below the limits. BEA publishes on a release schedule (monthly for most datasets); the default weekly refresh keeps tables current without re-fetching unchanged data.

• dataset_list: the catalog of datasets the API currently serves.
• nipa_gdp: percent change in real GDP (NIPA table T10101), annual and quarterly.
• nipa_personal_income: personal income and its disposition (NIPA table T20600), monthly.
• regional_county_income: personal income for every U.S. county (Regional table CAINC1).
• regional_state_gdp: real GDP by state (Regional table SAGDP9).
• gdp_by_industry: value added by industry, annual, all industries.
• ita_transactions: balance on goods and services, all countries, annual.
• iip_position: U.S. international investment position (financial assets excluding derivatives), annual.
• fixed_assets: current-cost net stock of fixed assets and consumer durables (table FAAt101).
• intl_serv_trade: international services trade balance, all service types and countries.
• input_output: industry-by-commodity total requirements (sector level).