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even quicker! You will be emailed the information that you need...even before
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for your archiving and presentation needs. You'll find the Adobe .pdf format
easy-to-read and contains all the same charts, numbers, and commentary you
would get from our print product.
In addition to the pdf version of Blue Chip Economic Indicators, you'll
be sent a Microsoft ExcelTM file that contains our panel members, annual
forecasts for this year and next and the consensus quarterly forecasts. With
the ExcelTM file you can slice and dice the latest survey results, easily
create graphs, and calculate your own consensus forecasts using subsets of our
forecasts panel.
Each month since 1976, Blue Chip Economic Indicators has polled
America's top business economists, collecting their forecasts of U.S. economic
growth, inflation, interest rates, and a host of other critical indicators of
future business activity. Our 30+ year track record of providing corporate and
government decision-makers with our survey results has made Blue Chip Economic
Indicators synonymous with the latest in expert opinion on the future
performance of the American economy.
Each issue of this 16-page newsletter forecasts from 50-plus economists
employed by some of America's largest and most respected manufacturers, banks,
insurance companies, and brokerage firms.
Frequently cited by such national media outlets as Reuters, CNBC, MSNBC,
Blue Chip Economic Indicators provides forecasts for this year and next
from each panel member, plus and average, or consensus, of their forecasts for
each variable:
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Real GDP
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GDP price index
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Nominal GDP
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Consumer price index
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Industrial production
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Real disposable personal income
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Real personal consumption expenditures
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Real non-residential fixed investment
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Pre-tax corporate profits
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3-mo. Treasury bill rate
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10-yr. Treasury note yield
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Unemployment rate
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Total housing starts
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Total vehicle sales
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Real Net export
Each forecaster's prediction is published along with the average, or consensus
forecast, for each variable. There are also averages of the 10 highest and 10
lowest forecasts for each variable; a median forecast to eliminate the effects
of extreme forecasts on the consensus; the number of forecasts raised,
lowered, or left unchanged from a month ago; and a diffusion index that
indicates shifts in sentiment that sometimes occur prior to changes in the
consensus forecast.
