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	Latest Economic Indicator	Previous	Current
	Housing Starts/Building Permits Privately-owned housing starts in October 2008 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 791,000. This is 4.5 percent below the revised September 2008 estimate of 828,000.	-3.0 September 2008 % change	-4.5 October 2008 % change
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	U.S.	States	Metro areas	Coun- ties	Cities	ZIP codes
Economic Census	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002
Survey of Business Owners (incl. minorities, women)	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002
Statistics of U.S. Businesses (firms by size)	2005	2005	2005
Statistics of U.S. Businesses (estab. births, deaths)	2005	2005	2005	2005
County Business Patterns	2006	2006	2006	2006		2006
Nonemployer Statistics	2006	2006	2006	2006
Local Employment Dynamics Qtrly Workforce Indicators		2007	2007	2007
Commodity Flow Survey	2002	2002
Annual Survey of Manufactures	2006	2006
Building Permits	2008	2008	2008	2008	2008
Governments	2007	2007		2007	2007
Foreign Trade: State Exports	2007	2007

Other national data

Multi-sector data:
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)	2006
Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Survey	2006
Quarterly Financial Report	2007
E-Commerce Statistics	2005
Business Expenses Survey	2002