Economic Indicators Weekly

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U.S. Economic Indicators

1. Bureau of Economic Analysis

• BEA produces reports on GDP and auto sales.

• Home page with all reports and data: www.bea.gov

• GDP reports and data: https://bea.gov/national/index.htm#gdp

• Supplemental estimates, including motor vehicle sales: https://bea.gov/national/index.htm#supp

2. Bureau of Labor Statistics

• BLS produces data on employment, inflation, and other topics.

• Home page with all reports and data: www.bls.gov

• All economic news releases: https://www.bls.gov/bls/newsrels.htm

• Inflation reports and data: https://www.bls.gov/bls/inflation.htm

3. U.S. Bureau of the Census

• Census produces data on new construction, housing, and retail sales.

• New residential construction reports and data: https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/index.html

• New home sales reports and data: https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/index.html

• Retail sales reports and data: https://www.census.gov/retail/index.html

4. National Association of Realtors

• NAR produces reports and data on existing home sales and pending home sales.

• All NAR reports and data: https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics

• Existing home sales data: https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/housing-statistics/

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• Pending home sales data: https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/housing-statistics/

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5. Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED)

• Website with economic data and graphs for most economic data series: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/

6. U.S. Federal Reserve

• U.S. Federal Reserve policy calendar, releases, and forecasts: https://www.federalreserve.gov/

monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm

7. U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA)

• Main EIA site with reports and data: https://www.eia.gov/

• Weekly oil report: https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/supply/weekly/

• Weekly natural gas report: http://ir.eia.gov/ngs/ngs.html

• Annual Energy Outlook report: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/?src=home-b1

8. Institute of Supply Management (ISM)

• Website for all ISM reports:

https://www.instituteforsupplymanagement.org/ISMReport/index.cfm?SSO=1

International Data Sources

1. International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• All reports and data: http://www.imf.org/en/Data

• World Economic Outlook (WEO) database: http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28

2. Oil Producing Exporting Countries (OPEC)

• All reports and data: http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/21.htm

• Monthly reports: http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/publications/338.htm

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3. Eurostat

• European economic data and reports: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database

4. Central Bank data and reports

• European Central Bank monetary policy:

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/mopo/html/index.en.html

• European Central Bank research and reports:

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/html/index.en.html

• Bank of England monetary policy: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy

• Bank of England statistics: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics

• Reserve Bank of Australia monetary policy: https://www.rba.gov.au/monetary-policy/

• Bank of Canada main page: https://www.bankofcanada.ca/

• Bank of Canada publications: https://www.bankofcanada.ca/publications/

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