April 04, 2008

Population

International Data Base Update: 2007. Internet files showing demographic indicators such as infant mortality, life expectancy, fertility rates, net migration, and population growth for 228 countries and areas of the world. Includes current estimates and moving population pyramids which project age and sex distributions to year 2050.

What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2004. Series of tables from the Survey of Income and Program Participation examining the relationship between field of training and monthly earnings.

Economic Indicators

Monthly Wholesale Trade: February 2008. Press release showing estimates for sales, inventories on a non-LIFO ("last in-first out") basis, and stock-sales ratios for merchant wholesalers by three-digit major kind-of-business groups. Scheduled for release April 9, 2008.

US International Trade in Goods and Services: February 2008. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release April 10, 2008.

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: March 2008. Press release presenting advance monthly estimates of retail store sales by kind-of-business groups. Report includes seasonally adjusted estimates and percentage changes for major kind-of-business groups. Scheduled for release April 14, 2008.

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: February 2008. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release April 14, 2008.

New Residential Construction: March 2008. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release April 16, 2008.

Economic Census and Surveys

Consolidated Federal Funds Report: 2006. This annual data set provides an overview of federal spending at the national, state, and county levels. The data are obtained from federal government agencies and describe spending for procurement contracts, salaries and wages, direct payments, loans and insurance. Department of Homeland Security data are included.

New Foreign Trade Regulations Take Effect. The US Census Bureau's first major revision in two decades includes new legal and online filing requirements, modified filing timeframes and stricter penalties.

Top-Ranked States by Industry. A new web page helps promote the 2007 Economic Census by highlighting facts from the 2002 Economic Census about every state by receipts per capita for every industry.

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