Economics: Indicators and Forecasting

Conference Board Research Online Collection [About]

Congressional Budget Office
http://www.cbo.gov
Ten year forecast of basic economic indicators from the Congressional Budget Office.

Index of Leading Economic Indicators
http://www.globalindicators.org/us/LatestReleases/

Livingston Survey
http://www.phil.frb.org/econ/liv/index.html
The Federal Bank of Philadelphia's Livingston Survey began in 1946, and is published every six months. It "summarizes the forecasts of economists from industry, government, banking, and academia." Both recent releases and historical data are available from this database.

NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) [About]

New England Economic Indicators
http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/neei/neei.htm
A monthly publication containing data, employment, and economic performance of the New England states. There are relevant links to other sources of economic indicators.

New England Economic Project (NEEP)
http://www.neepecon.org/
NEEP is a non-profit organization which provides New England regional analysis and forecasts. "Twice a year NEEP publishes macroeconomic forecasts of the New England region and its six individual states. In addition to providing historical data, these projections forecast and analyze quarterly data over a five-year horizon and include information on employment, income, inflation, unemployment, labor force, net interstate migration, as well as detailed population estimates."

OECD Factbook

SourceOECD [About]
Main Economic Indicators is available from the Statistics tab, choose OECD databases in the left margin.

STAT-USA [About]

Survey of Professional Forecasters
http://www.phil.frb.org/econ/spf/index.html
This quarterly macroeconomic survey began in 1968. It includes historical data, short term (1 year) and long term (10 years) inflation forecasts, and recent news releases. Begun by the American Statistical Association and the National Bureau of Economic Research, in 1990 the survey was taken over by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

UNData
http://data.un.org/
Official statistics produced by countries and compiled by the UN data system, as well as estimates and projections. Areas of coverage include agriculture, education, energy, industry, labour, national accounts, population and tourism. Also includes indicators such as Millennium Development Goals.

U.S. Bureau of the Census. Census Economic Briefing Rooms
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm

U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2007 Economic Indicator Release Schedule
http://www.census.gov/epcd/econ/www/indijun.htm

U.S. Bureau of the Census. Economic Programs
http://www.census.gov/econ/www/

U.S. Economic Indicators
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/index.html
Economic Indicators for 1998 to date are prepared and published monthly for the Joint Economic Committee, by the Council of Economic Advisers. Each issue includes the latest figures for Gross Domestic Product, employment and unemployment, wages, industrial production, consumer and producer prices, money supply, bank and consumer credit, federal finance, and U.S. international trade. Also available in print.

Vital Signs: the Trends that are Shaping our Future (book)
Mugar Reference X HC10 .V53

World Economic Outlook
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2004/01/
Produced by the International Monetary Fund, this site includes text reports such as Patterns of Recovery in Asia and Latin America and Japan: Recovery in Sight?. These are in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format. Additionally, the WEO database is available via this site. The database provides figures such as real GDP and inflation with reports shown for: all countries, advanced economies, and developing and transition countries.