Economic Indicators

Many economic indicators, reviews, and surveys are analyzed and used in forecasting future trends and developments. These projections are offered by different organizations, including various government agencies, research institutes, trade associations, and commercial firms.

• CFO Outlook: annual (Bank of America Merrill Lynch)
• CFO Survey: biannual (Grant Thornton)
• CFO Survey of industrial manufacturers: annual (Prime Advantage)
• Consensus Construction Forecast: biannual (American Institute of Architects)
• Economic Commentary & Forecasts (The Dismal Scientist - subscription required)
• Employment Projections (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Forecasts, Data and Reports (Mortgage Bankers Association of America)
• Labor Market Outlook: quarterly (Society for Human Resource Management)
• Livingston Survey: biannual (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
• Manpower Employment Outlook Survey: quarterly (ManpowerGroup)
• Monthly Economic Outlook (Wells Fargo)
• R/ECON™ Forecast: quarterly (Rutgers Economic Advisory Service)
• Small Business Outlook Survey: quarterly (U.S. Chamber of Commerce )
• Survey of Professional Forecasters: quarterly (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
• U.S. Economic Forecast (Deloitte Development)
• Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index: quarterly