List of economic reports by U.S. government agencies explained

The following reports on economic indicators are reported by United States government agencies:

Business activity
- Wholesale Inventories
- Industrial Production (Federal Reserve)
  - Capacity Utilization
- Regional Manufacturing Surveys (purchasing managers' organizations and Federal Reserve banks)
  - Philadelphia Fed Index (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
- Construction Spending (U.S. Census Bureau)
Business inventory
- Business Inventories (U.S. Census Bureau)
International
- International trade (U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis)
  - Trade balance
  - Export prices
- International Capital Flows (U.S. Treasury Department)
  - Treasury International Capital (TICs)
Sales
- Auto and Truck Sales (U.S. Department of Commerce)
  - Auto Sales
  - Truck Sales
- Retail sales (U.S. Census Bureau)
Orders
- Durable Goods Orders (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Factory Orders (U.S. Census Bureau)
Real estate
- Housing Starts and Building Permits (U.S. Census Bureau)
  - Building permits
  - Housing starts
- New Home Sales (U.S. Census Bureau)
Production
- GDP (Gross Domestic Product) (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
- Productivity and Costs (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Consumer
- Consumer Credit (Federal Reserve)
- Employment Cost Index (U.S. Department of Labor)
- Personal Income and Consumption (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
  - Personal Income
Employment
- The Employment Report (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
  - Hourly Earnings
  - Nonfarm Payrolls
    - Initial Claims Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
  - Quits Rate^[1]
Price increase ("inflation")
- CPI (Consumer Price Index) (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- PPI (Producer Price Index) (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Government
- Treasury Budget (U.S. Treasury Department)
Monetary
- M2 (Federal Reserve Board)

References

Web site: The Quits Rate: Another Economic Indicator.