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Information Today March 12, 2007 Paula J. Hane	Data-Planet Provides Value-Added Aggregation of Statistical Data Conquest Systems, Inc. has introduced Data-Planet, a new Web-based service that aggregates current and historical public statistical data from many U.S. federal agencies as well as data from nongovernment organizations.
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BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 James Mehring	Growth: More Than Meets The Eye While real gross domestic product, the popular gauge of economic growth, is slumping, another measure of economic activity called gross domestic income remains strong.
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Information Today August 27, 2012	Census Bureau Mobile App Now Available for iPhone and iPad The America's Economy mobile app provides updated statistics on the U.S. economy, including monthly economic indicators and economic trends.
Information Today March 28, 2011 Barbie E. Keiser	U.S. Census Bureau to Eliminate Strategic Publications Including Statistical Abstracts All budget decisions are difficult choices, but we wonder whether anyone in the U.S. government understands why Statistical Abstracts and Current Industrial Reports are precisely the resources that should not be eliminated?
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Reason November 2003 Ronald Bailey	Envy Your Kids In less than a lifetime, the $10.7 trillion U.S. economy could grow more than 12-fold, to $128.6 trillion by 2077, according to a new report issued by the nonpartisan Employment Policy Foundation. Real U.S. per capita personal income could rise fivefold, from $31,384 today to $155,632 in 2077.
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BusinessWeek November 19, 2007 James C Cooper	Tipped Toward Recession The Fed seems to think inflation-recession forces are in balance, but softening labor markets, tighter lending standards, and nearly $100-a-barrel oil say otherwise.
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Inc. August 2003 Gene Sperling	The Insider's Guide to Economic Forecasting Or, How to Get Ahead of the Competition by Becoming Your Own Economist. A well-known economist pulls back the curtain on the indicators he and other top insiders use to figure out where the economy is headed. These indicators can guide you, too.
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