The Business and Economic Chart Room contains key business and economic indicators that are useful in tracking and forecasting business and economic conditions.
Real-Time Business Conditions
The Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti business conditions index is designed to track real business conditions at high frequency. Its underlying (seasonally adjusted) economic indicators (weekly initial jobless claims; monthly payroll employment, industrial production, personal income less transfer payments, manufacturing and trade sales; and quarterly real GDP) blend high- and low-frequency information and stock and flow data. To see the index, click here.
Economic Conditions
GDP = Consumption + Investment + Government Purchases + Net Exports
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/net/
Chicago Fed National Activity Index (Link to Econoday)
FOMC Forecasts (Link to Econoday)
FOMC Meeting Begins (Link to Econoday)
FOMC Minutes (Link to Econoday)
Leading Economic Indicators (Link to Econoday)
Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey (Link to Econoday)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Real GDP Growth (Economy At A Glance)
Consumption
AAII Investor Sentiment Survey
ADP Employment Report (Link to Econoday)
Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index (Link to Econoday)
Chain Store Sales (Link to Econoday)
Challenger Job-Cut Report (Link to Econoday)
Consumer Confidence (Link to Econoday)
Consumer Credit (Link to Econoday)
Consumer Price Index (Economy At A Glance)
Consumer Price Index (Link to Econoday)
Consumer Sentiment (Link to Econoday)
E-Commerce Retail Sales (Link to Econoday)
Employment Situation (Link to Econoday)
Existing Home Sales (Link to Econoday)
FHFA House Price Index (Link to Econoday)
Gallup Good Jobs Rate (Link to Econoday)
Gallup U.S. Consumer Spending Measure (Link to Econoday)
Gallup U.S. Economic Confidence Index (Link to Econoday)
Gallup U.S. Job Creation Index (Link to Econoday)
Housing Market Index (Link to Econoday)
ICSC-Goldman Store Sales (Link to Econoday)
Jobless Claims (Link to Econoday)
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey – JOLTS (Link to Econoday)
Labor Market Conditions Index (Link to Econoday)
MBA Mortgage Applications (Link to Econoday)
Motor Vehicle Sales (Link to Econoday)
New Home Sales (Link to Econoday)
Pending Home Sales Index (Link to Econoday)
Personal Income and Outlays (Link to Econoday)
Retail Sales (Link to Econoday)
S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index (Link to Econoday)
State Street Investor Confidence Index (Link to Econoday)
TD Ameritrade IMX (Link to Econoday)
Investment
Business Inventories (Link to Econoday)
Chain Store Sales (Link to Econoday)
Challenger Job-Cut Report (Link to Econoday)
Construction Spending (Link to Econoday)
Corporate Profits (Link to Econoday)
Durable Goods Orders (Link to Econoday)
E-Commerce Retail Sales (Link to Econoday)
Employment Cost Index (Link to Econoday)
Factory Orders (Link to Econoday)
Housing Market Index (Link to Econoday)
Housing Starts (Link to Econoday)
Industrial Production (Economy At A Glance)
Industrial Production (Link to Econoday)
ISM Manufacturing Index (Link to Econoday)
ISM Non-Manufacturing Index (Link to Econoday)
ICSC-Goldman Store Sales (Link to Econoday)
New Home Sales (Link to Econoday)
NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (Link to Econoday)
PMI Manufacturing Index Flash (Link to Econoday)
PMI Manufacturing Index (Link to Econoday)
PMI Services Flash (Link to Econoday)
PMI Services Index (Link to Econoday)
Producer Price Index – FD (Link to Econoday)
Producer Price Index (Link to Econoday)
Productivity and Costs (Link to Econoday)
Quarterly Services Survey (Link to Econoday)
Retail Sales (Link to Econoday)
Wholesale Trade (Link to Econoday)
Government Expenditures
There are very few economic indicators that are used to track government expenditures. The best way to track government spending is to monitor the financial press for discussions on government spending.
Net Exports
Current Account (Link to Econoday)
Import and Export Prices (Link to Econoday)
International Trade in Goods (Link to Econoday)
International Trade (Link to Econoday)
Inflation
Atlanta Fed Business Inflation Expectations (Link to Econoday)
Consumer Price Index (Economy At A Glance)
Consumer Price Index (Link to Econoday)
Employment Cost Index (Link to Econoday)
Farm Prices (Link to Econoday)
FHFA House Price Index (Link to Econoday)
Import and Export Prices (Link to Econoday)
Producer Price Index – FD (Link to Econoday)
Producer Price Index (Link to Econoday)
FOMC Forecasts (Link to Econoday)
FOMC Meeting Begins (Link to Econoday)
FOMC Minutes (Link to Econoday)
Interest Rates (Economy At A Glance)
Labor Market
ADP Employment Report (Link to Econoday)
Challenger Job-Cut Report (Link to Econoday)
Change in Nonfarm Payrolls (Economy At A Glance)
Employment Situation (Link to Econoday)
Gallup Good Jobs Rate (Link to Econoday)
Gallup U.S. Job Creation Index (Link to Econoday)
Jobless Claims (Link to Econoday)
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey – JOLTS (Link to Econoday)