If your research project involves aspects on the general prospective of U.S. Economy, here are some useful data sources, surveys and metrics that might illuminate insights for your research. Although there might be some discrepancies between what you narrowed as your research question, and the data sources showed below, chances are you will find a set of metrics that might capture a good proxy for your research topic.

Look through the list and then identify a possible match between your research question and the data source:

1. Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey. Data source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
2. Fifth District Survey of Manufacturing Activity. Data source: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
3. Kansas City Manufacturing Survey. Data source: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas.
4. Manufacturing Business Outlook. Data source: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
5. Empire State Manufacturing survey. Data source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
6. Durable Goods Manufacturers. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau.
7. Retail Trade, Monthly and Annual. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau.
8. Manufacturing Trade Inventories. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau.
9. Monthly Whole Sale Trade. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau.
10. Manufacturers’ shipments, Inventories and Orders. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau.
11. Corporate Profits. Data source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Research.
12. Tourism Sales. Data source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Research.
13. Services, annual and quarterly. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau.
14. Fifth District Survey of Services. Data source: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
15. Chicago Fed National Activity Survey Economists. Data source: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
16. Livingston Survey Economists. Data source: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
17. E-Commerce. Data source: U.S. Census Bureau.
18. Survey of Professional Forecasters. Data source: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
19. National Economic Trends. Data source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
20. National Transportation Statistics. Data source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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