Economic Indicators

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000572",
  "term": "Economic Indicators",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Monthly and quarterly reports that provide selected statistics, primarily at the national level, for measuring key sectors of the U.S. economy. Economists, policymakers, businesses, and other data users closely monitor these data to gauge the nation's economic well-being. The Census Bureau produces 13 economic indicators, many of which are also used to generate more comprehensive measures of the economy, such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).\n\nThe Census Economic Briefing Rooms page contains links to all indicator reports. There are also release schedules for the reports on this page. You can follow our indicators on ourAmerica's Economy mobile app.\n\nOur indicators include:\n\n• Construction spending\n\n• Durable goods, new orders\n\n• Homeownership\n\n• Housing starts\n\n• Housing vacancy\n\n• Manufacturers new orders\n\n• Manufacturers profits\n\n• Monthly retail sales\n\n• Monthly wholesale trade\n\n• New home sales\n\n• Quarterly services survey\n\n• Retail profits\n\n• Total business sales\n\n• Trade balance",
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/economic-indicators/"
}