- Economic Commentary & Updates to the Quarterly Reports
"Finishing Strong" (October 14)
- Special Report: Health Care Legislation
Essay No.1 - Costs
Essay No.2 - Revenue
Essay No.3 - Budget Deficits
Links to Online Economic Resources
Bureau of Economic Analysis The BEA website provides valuable information about the pace of general economic activity, including gross domestic product, consumer spending, and profits for all U.S. corporations.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System The Federal Reserve Board of Governors website provides valuable information about monetary policy decisions, credit markets, and banking regulation. It also provides information about industrial production.
Bureau of Labor Statistics The BLS website provides valuable information about the various measures of inflation, such as the consumer price index and the producer price index, as well as labor productivity and costs.
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank--FRED The FRED pages on the St. Louis FRB website provide historical data for numerous economic and financial variables in a format that allows the user to download the data series to Excel spreadsheets for easier analysis.
Congressional Budget Office The CBO website provides helpful analysis and information about the federal budget, including projections of the budget balance and analysis of the impact of new legislation on the budget.
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SCHEDULED RELEASE OF KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS Jan. 3: 10:00 AM ISM Mfg. Index (Dec.); 10:00 AM Construction Spending (Nov.) Jan. 4: 10:00 AM Factory Orders (Nov.); 2:00 PM Motor Vehicle Sales (Dec.) Jan. 5: 10:00 AM ISM Non-Mfg Index (Dec.) Jan. 6: 8:30 AM Employment Report (Dec.) Jan. 9: 3:00 PM Consumer Credit (Nov.) Jan. 10: 10:00 AM Wholesale Trade (Nov.) Jan. 12: 8:30 AM Retail Sales (Dec.); 10:00 AM Business Inventories (Nov.) Jan. 13: 8:30 AM Export and Import Prices (Dec.); 8:30 AM International Trade (Nov.) Jan. 18: 8:30 AM Producer Price Index (Dec.); 9:15 AM Industrial Production (Dec.) Jan. 19: 8:30 AM Consumer Price Index (Dec.); 8:30 AM Housing Starts (Dec.) Jan. 20: 10:00 AM Existing Home Sales (Dec.) Jan. 25: 10:00 AM FHFA House Price Index (Oct.) Jan. 26: 8:30 AM Durable Goods Orders (Dec.); 10:00 AM New Home Sales (Dec.); 10:00 AM Leading Indicators (Dec.) Jan. 27: 8:30 AM Gross Domestic Product (Advance, Q4:11); 9:55 AM Consumer Sentiment (Jan.) Jan. 30: 8:30 AM Personal Income and Outlays (Dec.); Jan. 31: 8:30 AM Employment Cost Index (Q4:11); 10:00 AM Consumer Confidence (Jan.) Feb. 1: 10:00 AM ISM Mfg. Index (Jan.); 10:00 AM Construction Spending (Dec.); 2:00 PM Motor Vehicle Sales (Jan.) Feb. 2: 8:30 AM Productivity and Costs (Q4:11) Feb. 3: 8:30 AM Employment Report (Jan.); 10:00 AM Factory Orders (Dec.); 10:00 AM ISM Non-Mfg, Index (Jan.) Feb. 7: 3:00 PM Consumer Credit (Dec.) Feb. 9: 10:00 AM Wholesale Trade (Dec.) Feb. 10: 8:30 AM International Trade (Dec.) Feb. 14: 8:30 AM Retail Sales (Jan.); 8:30 AM Import and Export Prices (Jan.); 10:00 AM Business Inventories (Dec.) Feb. 15: 9:15 AM Industrial Production (Jan.) Feb. 16: 8:30 AM Housing Starts (Jan.); 8:30 AM Producer Price Index (Jan.) Feb. 17: 8:30 AM Consumer Price Index (Jan.);
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