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Business Characteristics

2009 Statistics of U.S. Businesses
2007 Economic Census, 
Survey of Business Owners
2009 Nonemployer Statistics

Restaurants

2007 Economic Census Franchise Report

Growing Industries

2009 and 2010 County Business Patterns

Manufacturing

2011 Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey Total Shipments

Chocolate Shipments

2007 Economic Census Manufacturing Industry Series

Transportation

2007 Economic Census, Commodity Flow Survey

Financial Services

2007 Economic Census Finance and Insurance Subject Series

Retail Sales

Monthly Retail Trade Survey
2010 Annual Retail Trade Survey

E-Commerce

Quarterly Retail E-commerce time series
2010 E-stats

Housing

Characteristics of New Housing – highlights

Top Trading Partners

Foreign Trade –  FT-900 Annual Revisions for 2011 release (Exhibit 13)

State and Local Governments

2009 Annual Surveys of State and Local Government Finances.

 

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