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Data, Data, Data: Progress and a Wish List. Jim Peach Department of Economics and International Business and Office of Policy Analysis, Arrowhead Center New Mexico State University email: jpeach@nmsu.edu. BEA: Data Delivery System: 1930s -.
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Data, Data, Data:Progress and a Wish List Jim Peach Department of Economics and International Business and Office of Policy Analysis, Arrowhead Center New Mexico State University email: jpeach@nmsu.edu
Real GDP Per Capita: 1929-2005Chained 2000 Dollars 37241 CAGR=2.24 7099
Just go to …. How good is BEA?
A Wish List • Restart the OBERS/BEA Regional Projections
Downloadable for any region Free (Greedy aren’t I?) Improved software RIMS III
Gross State Product • Quarterly • Gross Regional Product • MSAs
Per Capita Income as Percent of US: Yuma, AZ NAFTA IMPLEMENTATION
The ACCRA indices are useful, but … Enough said – Not BEA’s problem alone Regional Price Indices
No, not the North American Development Bank We need a NORTH AMERICAN DATA BANK NOT JUST NAICS MISSED OPPORTUNITY IN NAFTA NEGOTIATIONS NADB
BEA, CENSUS, BLS, USITC, …. I know, we have FedStats, but … One Stop Shop (on-line)