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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
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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
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Economic Census Geography F U.S. F States F MSA's F Counties F Places of 2,500+ Inhabitants F ZIP Codes
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Economic Census Coverage
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“The Economic Census is indispensable to understanding America’s economy…” --Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
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Public Sector Uses Benchmarking Tracking economic change Attracting new businesses Assisting business development
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“Sound and timely economic data are the fuel that powers business decision making…” --Thomas J. Donohue, President, United States Chamber of Commerce
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Private Sector Uses Study your industry Market share Product trends Strategic planning What’s my share? How does my firm compare?
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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?
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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
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Economic Census Table F Data classified by industry
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NAICS F North F American F Industry F Classification F System
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Assembling Time Series SIC 1987 1992 (1997) NAICS 1997 2002 2007
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www.census.gov
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2002 Economic Census Key Dates
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?? Questions ?? For more information: Paul Zeisset -- (301) 763-4151 -- pzeisset@census.gov
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