US Government Resources
- Balance of PaymentsDifference in value of goods and services exported and imported by the U.S. Calculated monthly by the Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Building Permits/Housing StartsUseful for monitoring economy changes. Calculated monthly by the U.S. Bureau of the Census
- Consumer Price IndexUsed as a measure of inflation, the Bureau of Labor updates this figure monthly
- Current Population SurveyProvided monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the survey monitors all facets of employment such as wages and unemployment
- Gross Domestic ProductThe broadest measure of economic growth, the GDP is calculated quarterly by the Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Interest RatesPosted weekly by the Federal Reserve Board