Presented by the US Census Bureau, the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES) provides detailed information on industry capital investments in building and other structures, machinery and equipment, furniture, computers, and vehicles by nonfarm businesses. The survey contains 130 separate industry sectors including manufacturing, information, finance and insurance, real estate, utilities,...

Provided by the US Council of Economic Advisors, this monthly magazine offers an economic pulse of the nation via over 40 time series tables and graphs in the areas of output, employment, production, prices, money, federal finance, and international statistics. The University of California GPO (Government Printing Office) Gateway (discussed in the August 2, 1996 Scout Report) provides each issue...

The latest version of the semi-annual Monetary Report to Congress..., also known as the Humphrey-Hawkins Report, has been released by the US Federal Reserve Board. It claims that the US economy "turned in another excellent performance in 1997," with strong growth and low unemployment and inflation. It attributes this performance to US monetary and fiscal policy. The report is divided into two...

The U.S. Federal Reserve Board issues this report eight times per year. It "gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in [each of 11 geographical districts] through reports from [Federal Reserve] Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key businessmen, economists, market experts, and other sources." This information is summarized by district and sector. The Beige Book is...

The Livingston Survey site contains semi-annual survey results back to 1998, along with several historical tables and documentation.

This newly released 21-page report from the Census Bureau estimates that, in November 1999, an annual rate of construction of $715.1 billion was put in place. In contrast, the November 1992 annual rate of construction put in place was $556.4 billion.

FRB San Francisco's bi-monthly publication Western Economic Developments summarizes economic growth and development in the Twelfth District. The economy remained strong throughout the first quarter of 2000, with an employment growth rate of 2.5 percent annually. California's economic growth rate was especially high, due to "usually rapid growth of income and consumer spending."