Business Economics

 

Focus on Statistics

Detailed Industry, Product, Geographic Data from the 2007 Economic Census Become Available in 2009

By Robert P. Parker

Robert Parker is a consultant on federal statistics and former chief statistician of the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

This article provides an overview of the EC. It describes differences between the 2002 EC and the 2007 EC, which include changes to classification systems, data content, and the means by which the data will be disseminated.

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