Economic reports

United States

Economics indicators that are reported by US government agencies . With reporting agency and briefing.com "importance" of the report (A-F).

• Business activity
  • ISM (Institute for Supply Management) formerly NAPM (National Association of Purchasing Managers ) (A-)
  • Leading Indicators (The Conference Board ) (D-)
  • Wholesale Trade (The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce) (D-)
    • Wholesale Inventories
  • Industrial Production (Federal Reserve) (B-)
    • Capacity Utilization
  • Regional Manufacturing Surveys (Purchasing managers' organizations and Federal Reserve banks) (B & D)
    • Philadelphia Fed Index (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia ) (B)
    • Chicago PMI : (The National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago ) (B)
  • Construction Spending (The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce) (D)

• Business invetory
  • Business Inventories (The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce) (C-)

• International
  • International Trade (The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce) (C+)
    • Trade Balance
    • Export Prices

• Sales
  • Auto and Truck Sales (Commerce Department ) (C-)
    • Auto Sales
    • Truck Sales
  • Weekly Chain Store Sales (Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and LJR Redbook ) (D+)
  • Retail Sales (The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce) (A-)

• Orders
  • Durable Goods Orders (The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce)
  • Factory Orders (The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce) (D+)

• Real estate
  • Existing Home Sales (The National Association of Realtors ) (C)
  • Housing Starts and Building Permits (The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce) (B-)
    • Building Permits
    • Housing Starts
  • New Home Sales (The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce) (C+)

• Production
  • GDP (Gross Domestic Product) (Bureau of Economic Analysis) (B)
  • Productivity and Costs (The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor) (D+)

• Consumer
  • Consumer Confidence (The Conference Board ) (B-)
  • Consumer Credit (Federal Reserve) (D-)
  • Employment Cost Index (U.S. Department of Labor) (B+)
  • Personal Income and Consumption (The Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce ) (C+)
    • Personal Income

• Employment
  • The Employment Report (Bureau of Labor Statistics) (A)
    • Hourly Earnings
    • Nonfarm Payrolls
  • Initial Claims (C+)

• Price increase ("inflation")
  • CPI (Consumer Price Index) (Bureau of Labor statistics) (B+)
  • PPI (Producer Price Index) (Bureau of Labor statistics) (B-)

• Government
  • Treasury Budget (U.S. Treasury Department) (D)

• Monetary
  • M2 (Federal Reserve Board) (D)

External links

• Briefing.com
• Yahoo! Briefing Economic Calendar