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• T100 regional firms still going strong

  - 2008-04-01

  The nation’s Top 100 regional firms reflected continued strong economic growth during 2007, despite signs of an economic downturn just before year’s end. Nationwide, Top 100 Firm revenue grew at a combined rate of 11.31 percent, just slightly above the previous year’s 11.09 percent. Consumer spending on...

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• Updated summary of NIPA methodologies

  - 2007-11-01

  The Bureau of Economic Analysis BEA has recently improved its estimates of current-dollar gross domestic product GDP, current-dollar gross domestic income GDI, and real GDP as part of the 2007 annual revision of the national income and product accounts NIPAs. (1) The sources of data and methodologies that are now...

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• The U.S. economy to 2016: slower growth as boomers begin to retire

  - 2007-11-01

  Real GDP growth is expected to average 2.8 percent a year over the next decade, less than its previous 10-year trend, while productivity growth is expected to slow as well; continued increases in defense spending and strong foreign markets also characterize the outlook for the coming decade ********** ...

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• The U.S. economy to 2012: signs of growth: based on the assumptions used in developing economic projections, real GDP is expected to grow during the next decade, while productivity remains strong and inflation remains stable

  - 2004-02-01

  Every 2 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics prepares a set of projected U.S. economic factors that form the basis for the employment projections program. This article presents the projections of U.S. economic factors that underlie the 2002-12 employment projections. This set of aggregate economic projections presents some unique challenges....

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• The U.S. economy to 2010: domestic growth with continued high productivity, low unemployment rates, and strong foreign markets characterize the expected outlook for the coming decade

  - 2001-11-01

  The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS, the Bureau) projections for the U.S. economy during the 2000-10 decade reflect continued growth. Gross domestic product GDP is expected to reach $12.8 trillion in chained 1996 dollars by the end of the decade, an increase of $3.6 trillion over the period. (1) Rising...

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• Finding Reliable Statistics on the Web, Part 2.(directory of government web sites)(Directory)

  - 2001-10-01

  In last months issue we identified and described key sources of official statistics from the U.S. Department of Commerce, focusing in particular on sources from the Bureau of the Census. In this months issue, we've identified the other primary departments in the U.S. federal government that...

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• The Philadelphia Inquirer Business Calendar Column.

  - 2001-08-13

  The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 13--TODAY: Treasury Auctions 3-month & 6-month bills today; 4-week bills Aug. 21; 2-year notes Aug. 29; 5-year notes Nov. 6; 9.5-year notes Nov. 7 TOMORROW: Programs *FREE* Best Practices in Information Technology ...

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• The Challenge of Measuring and Modeling a Dynamic Economy

  - 2001-04-01

  There is a trade-off between better data and better analysis in the allocation of scarce economic research resources. Although great strides have been made in econometric models, their use as predictive devices does not seem to be superior to simple, reduced-form models, even though they have provided valuable insights into...

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• Doing things better

  - 2001-03-01

  Sites for exporters, dimensional selling and security analysis Extra Help for Exporters Are you exporting to the United States? What you may not know is that U.S. government Web sites supply deep, rich repositories of economic and demographic information useful to Canadian firms doing business in the United...

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• Windows on the Web - economic data sources on the World Wide Web - Column

  - 1999-07-01

  In our previous column, we started our tour of economic sites on the Web by looking at some of the resources available from the Federal Reserve. This time, we take a broader look at some of the economic data sources that can help you in your job. These data sources...

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