Economic Indicators

US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Gross Domestic Product is a measure of the nation’s economic activity.  The statistic measures the sum of the nation’s production for both the private and public sectors.  A nation with an increasing GDP in real terms is considered to be growing, while one … [Read more...]

The Conference Board The Leading Economic Index is calculated by The Conference Board, a business organization founded in 1914.  The index is based on the values of 10 variables (Average weekly hours in manufacturing; average weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance; manufacturers’ new … [Read more...]

US Department of Commerce, Bureau of The Census The US Census Bureau’s retail sales figures are based on a random sampling survey of approximately 5,000 retail and food services firms whose sales are then weighted to represent the complete universe of over three million businesses. Responding … [Read more...]

US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census and Bureau of Economic Analysis The Census Bureau releases a detailed set of data on international trade based on figures compiled from documents collected by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.  The data are aggregated into approximately 140 … [Read more...]

US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Gross Domestic Product is a measure of the nation’s economic activity.  The statistic measures the sum of the nation’s production for both the private and public sectors.  A nation with an increasing GDP in real terms is considered to be growing, while one … [Read more...]