Site of the Day for Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Economic Indicators Today's site, from the U.S. Census Bureau, provides economic statistics in a number of critical areas. Gentle Subscribers, who like to take a hard look at the facts and figures, may find this compilation of data a useful resource. "U.S. Census Bureau: helping you make informed decisions ... housing starts, new home sales, homeownership, manufacturers, wholesale, retail, service, construction, imports and exports" - from the website The site presents the latest figures available for a range of activities which highlight the economic situation of the country. Among the crucial stats are those for homeownership, homeowner vacancy and rental vacancy rates, along with the quarterly financial report on retail trade and construction spending. For each section there are links to additional information, as well as convenient charts and graphs for a visual representation of these major economic indicators. Wheel over to the site for an excellent resource for essential and current economic data at: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm A.M. Holm <admin-sotd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.