Economic Quarterly
"Fiscal policy facing another self-imposed deadline"
(December 6, 2012)
- 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 June 3: 10:00 AM ISM Mfg. Index (May); 10:00 AM Construction Spending (Apr.) June 4: 8:30 AM International Trade (Apr.); 2:00 PM Motor Vehicle Sales (May) June 5: 8:30 AM Productivity and Costs (Q1:13); 10:00 AM ISM Non‐Mfg Index (May); 10:00 AM Factory Orders (May) June 7: 8:30 AM Employment Situation (May); 3:00 PM Consumer Credit (Apr.) June 11: 10:00 AM Wholesale Trade (Apr.) June 13: 8:30 AM Retail Sales (May); June 14: 8:30 AM Producer Price Index (May); 8:30 AM Current Account (Q1:13); 8:30 AM Consumer Sentiment (June); 9:15 AM Industrial Production (May) June 18: 8:30 AM Consumer Price Index (May); 8:30 AM Housing Starts (May) June 20: 10:00 AM Leading Indicators (May); 10:00 AM Existing Home Sales (May) June 25: 8:30 AM Durable Goods Orders (May); 9:00 AM FHFA House Price Index (May); 9:00 AM S&P Case-Shiller HPI (May); 10:00 AM New Home Sales (May); 10:00 AM Consumer Confidence (June) June 26: 8:30 AM Real GDP (Final, Q1:13); 8:30 AM Corporate Profits (Q1:13) June 27: 8:30 AM Personal Income and Outlays (May); June 28:9:55 AM Consumer Sentiment (June) July 1: 10:00 AM ISM Mfg. Index (June); 10:00 AM Construction Spending (May); 2:00 PM Motor Vehicle Sales (June) July 2: 10:00 AM Factory Orders (May) July 3: 8:30 AM International Trade (May); 10:00 AM ISM Non-Mfg Index (June) July 5: 8:30 AM Employment Situation (June) July 8: 3:00 PM Consumer Credit (May) July 10: 10:00 AM Wholesale Trade (May) July 11: 8:30 AM Import and Export Prices (June) July 12: 8:30 AM Producer Price Index (June); 9:55 AM Consumer Sentiment (July) July 15: 8:30 AM Retail Sales (June); July 16: 8:30 AM Consumer Price Index (June); 9:15 AM Industrial Production (June) July 17: 8:30 AM Housing Starts (June) July 18: 10:00 AM Leading Indicators (June) July 22: 8:30 AM Existing Home Sales (June) July 23: 10:00 AM FHFA House Price Index (June) July 24: 10:00 AM New Home Sales (June) July 25: 8:30 AM Durable Goods Orders (June) July 26: 9:55 AM Consumer Sentiment (July) July 30: 9:00 AM S&P Case‐Shiller HPI (June); 10:00 AM Consumer Confidence (July) July 31: 8:30 AM Real GDP (Advance, Q2:13); 8:30 AM Employment Cost Index (Q2:13) |