ECO 6214: Applied Business & Economics Forecasting

Investopedia explains what an economic indicator is and distinguishes between leading, coincident, and lagging indicators, shows how they can be interpreted, and discusses their pros and cons for investors and policymakers.

The U.S. Census Bureau Index of Economic Activity (IDEA) is an aggregation of 15 of the Census Bureau’s primary economic data series that provides a single time series constructed as a weighted average.

The monthly Main Economic Indicators (MEI) presents comparative statistics that provide an overview of recent international economic developments for the OECD countries, the euro zone and a number of non-member economies.

Economic Indicators is a monthly publication prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. It provides information on gross domestic product, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, Federal finance, and international statistics.

Note: Many pages from The White House website are missing or have been removed. Click to view an archived version of the White House's Economic Indicators page. 

Available from April 1995 forward, this monthly publication is prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the Joint Economic Committee. It provides economic information on gross domestic product, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, Federal finance, and international statistics.

Lists four main federal economic indicators, which are: Gross Domestic Product, Personal Income, International Trade in Goods and Services, and International Transactions.

FRED is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources.