Economic Indicators: Data Sources

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Economic Indicators Data Sources

• Plainedge H.S.
• May 2005

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Useful Web Sites

• Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED II)
• Resources for Economists (RFE)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

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Gross Domestic Product

• Nominal
• Real

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Components of GDP

• Consumption (nominal, real)
• Investment (nominal, real)
• Government Spending (nominal, real)
• Net Exports (nominal, real)

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Consumer Confidence

• University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment

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Miscellaneous

• Personal Savings Rate
• Government Finances
• Government Current Expenditures
• Government Current Receipts
• Net Government Saving ( Receipts
  Expenditures)
• Wages
• Real Potential Gross Domestic Product

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Productivity

• Productivity Home Page, Bureau of Labor
  Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
• Labor Productivity Home Page
• Multifactor Productivity Home Page

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Jobs

• Civilian Labor Force
• Civilian Non-institutional Population
• Civilian Participation Rate ( Labor Force
  Population 100)
• Unemployed
• Civilian Unemployment Rate ( Unemployed
  Labor Force 100)

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Prices and Inflation

• Consumer Price Index
• Other indicators

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Money Supply

• M1
• M2
• M3

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Interest Rates

• Effective Federal Funds Rate
• 30-Year Conventional Mortgage Rate

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Value of the Dollar

• Trade Weighted Exchange Index

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Foreign Transactions

• Exports (nominal, real)
• Imports (nominal, real)
• Balance on Current Account (nominal)