Snapshot: U.S. economic data

We’ve aggregated snapshots of the U.S. economy and markets into a few simple clicks.

• The Bureau of Economic Analysis consolidates current Gross Domestic Product data here, along with other key indicators including personal income and balance of trade data.
• For more detail, you can review these BEA releases.
• And this tool displays economic activity at the state, municipal or county level.

• The U.S. Bureau of the Census releases a series of economic indicators including Housing Starts, New Home Sales, Construction Spending, and U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services.
• It also produces the U.S. Economic Census every five years (the next is due in 2017).

• Here’s the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book report on regional economic activity.
• The Federal Open Market Committee issues statements when it makes rate announcements, and releases minutes from its meetings approximately three weeks after they take place.
• The Chair, Regional Bank Governors, and Fed staff testify periodically before Congress. Read their testimony.

• The Department of Labor provides data on the U.S. Unemployment Rate.
• It also tells you:
  • the Consumer Price Index;
  • Labor Productivity and Costs;
  • Consumer Spending; and
  • Employment Compensation Costs.

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