Advance Monthly Retail Sales Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales Monthly Wholesale Trade Manufactures’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders - Advance M3 Housing Starts Value of New Construction Put in Place Housing Completions New Homes Sold and for Sale US International Trade in Goods and Services Quarterly Financial Report (two releases) Housing Vacancies Principal Economic Indicators
Surveys vs Census Economic Census Every 5 years (years ending in 2 & 7) Industry/product detail Detailed Geography Economic Surveys Annual, quarterly, monthly Limited detail Mostly national
Economic Census Geography F U.S. F States F MSA's F Counties F Places of 2,500+ Inhabitants F ZIP Codes
Economic Census Coverage
“The Economic Census is indispensable to understanding America’s economy…” --Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Public Sector Uses Benchmarking Tracking economic change Attracting new businesses Assisting business development
“Sound and timely economic data are the fuel that powers business decision making…” --Thomas J. Donohue, President, United States Chamber of Commerce
Private Sector Uses Study your industry Market share Product trends Strategic planning What’s my share? How does my firm compare?
Private Sector Uses Study your industry Market share Product trends Strategic planning Study business markets Site locations Sales territories Forecasting sales Where are my customers? suppliers? competitors?
Private Sector Uses Study your industry Market share Product trends Strategic planning Study business markets Site locations Sales territories Forecasting sales Evaluate investments Estimate market size Data for loan applications
Economic Census Table F Data classified by industry
NAICS F North F American F Industry F Classification F System
Assembling Time Series SIC (1997) NAICS
2002 Economic Census Key Dates
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