Transcript CENSUS Advance Monthly Retail Sales .(English)

Principal Economic Indicators
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Advance Monthly Retail Sales
Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales
Monthly Wholesale Trade
Manufactures’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders
- Advance M3
Housing Starts
Value of New Construction Put in Place
Housing Completions
New Homes Sold and for Sale
US International Trade in Goods and Services
Quarterly Financial Report (two releases)
Housing Vacancies
Surveys vs Census
Economic Surveys
Economic Census
•Annual, quarterly, •Every 5 years
monthly
•Limited detail
•Mostly national
(years ending in 2 & 7)
•Industry/product
detail
•Detailed Geography
Economic Census Geography
U.S.
States
 MSA's
 Counties
 Places of 2,500+ Inhabitants
 ZIP Codes
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Economic Census Coverage
Manufacturing
Mining
Construction
Agriculture
Governments
TCU
Not covered
Wholesale
Retail
Service
FIRE
“The Economic Census is indispensable
to understanding America’s economy…”
--Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal
Reserve Board of Governors
Public Sector Uses
• Benchmarking
• Tracking economic change
• Attracting new businesses
• Assisting business
development
“Sound and timely economic
data are the fuel that powers
business decision making…”
--Thomas J. Donohue, President,
United States Chamber of Commerce
Private Sector Uses
Study your industry
Market share
Product trends
Strategic planning
What’s my share?
How does my firm compare?
Private Sector Uses
Study your industry
Market share
Product trends
Strategic planning
Study business markets
Site locations
Sales territories
Forecasting sales
Where are my customers?
suppliers? competitors?
Private Sector Uses
Study your industry
Market share
Product trends
Strategic planning
Study business markets
Site locations
Sales territories
Forecasting sales
Evaluate investments
Estimate market size
Data for loan applications
Economic Census Table
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Data classified by industry
NAICS
 North
 American
 Industry
 Classification
 System
Assembling Time Series
SIC
NAICS
1987 1992 (1997)
1997 2002 2007
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2002 Economic Census
Key Dates
JanuaryPeriod to which census data refer
December 2002
Companies
December 2002
receive
census forms.
On-line HelpDesk,
toll-free line available
February 12, 2003 Due date for returning
census forms
2004-2005
Economic Census
reports published
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For more information:
Paul Zeisset -- (301) 763-4151 -- [email protected]