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]
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] [ Existing
home sales ] [Construction] [House prices] [Inventories] [Chicago
Fed National Activity Index] [Fed
NY: Tech pulse index]
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Reports on macro-economic situation
[Fed: Beige Book] [Fed: Monetary Policy Report to Congress]
[ NBER: Recession ended in November 2001(July 2003)] [ other information of NBER's Business Cycle Dating Committee ]
[ CEA: Economic Report of the President(annually; February) ]
Reports of Fed districts: [ Cleveland] [ St. Louis] [ other districts]
Interest rate decisions: [ 14 December 2004(25bp hike to 2.25%) ] [ 10 November 2004(25bp hike to 2%) ] [ 21 September 2004(25bp hike to 1.75%) ] [ 10 August 2004(25bp hike to 1.5%) ] [ 30 June 2004(25bp hike to 1.25%) ] 25 June 2003(25bp cut to 1%) ] [ 16 May 2000 (50bp increase to 6.5)] [ Statements and minutes]
[ OECD Economic Outlook: summary country note and country forecast table] [OECD Economic Survey] [ Other OECD documents focussed on the United States] [ IMF country page]
[ The Economist Poll of Forecasters]
[Federal Reserve(Updated halfyearly; Choose most recent report)] [CBO]
[ Quarterly Survey of Professional Forecasters ] [ NABE Quarterly Outlook Survey ] [Blue Chip GDP forecast (1. choose most recent Economic Trends; 2. choose economic activity)]
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[Monthly Treasury Statement] [ CBO's Analysis of the Monthly Treasury Statement]
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