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Census economic indicators time series

US monthly and quarterly economic indicators: retail sales 'marts', wholesale 'mwts', construction 'resconst', new home sales, durable goods 'advm3', business. Needs program and time. Served by US Census Bureau.

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Program
Indicator program, e.g. 'marts' advance retail sales, 'resconst' new residential construction, 'bfs' business formationRequired · program
Time
Period, e.g. '2024', '2024-03' or 'from 2023-01 to 2023-12'Required · time
Get
Variables to return, e.g. 'cell_value,data_type_code,category_code,seasonally_adj'Optional · get
For
Geography, usually 'us:*'Optional · for
Category code
Category code, e.g. '44X72' (retail and food services total) or 'TOTAL'Optional · category_code
Data type code
Data type code, e.g. 'SM' (sales, monthly) or 'MPCSM' (percent change)Optional · data_type_code
Seasonally adj
Seasonally adjusted series only ('yes') or not ('no') (yes or no)Optional · seasonally_adj

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