USA TODAY ECONOMIC TRACK

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USA TODAY ECONOMIC TRACK

• By Isabel Segovia
• Judy Reyes

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USA TODAY ECONOMIC TRACK

• Overview
• Quarterly Economic Survey
• Recent Articles
• GDP
• Price Indexes
• Links

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Overview

• Web page is used to inform USA Today readers
  about current changes/events in todays economy
• Provides latest articles on economic issues such
  as unemployment, GDP, consumer spending, etc.
• Articles and visual aids(graphs, charts, and
  surveys) are easy for the average reader to
  understand.
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Quarterly Economic Survey

• Quarterly Economic Survey presents readers with
  forecasts for possible changes in the economy.
• Focuses on unemployment rate, GDP, CPI, and
  interest rates.

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Recent Articles

• Construction Spending
• Federal Reserve News
• Consumer Confidence Survey
• Employment Cost Index

• Factory Orders
• Housing
• Income
• Productivity

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GDP

• The measure of the USA's output of goods and
  services is calculated by the Commerce Department
  using the following items
• Personal consumption
• Government Consumption
• Private investment
• Inventory growth
• Trade balance

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Prices

• Reports on producer price index and consumer
  price index

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Related Links

• Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors