| FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Contact:
|
| September
19, 2000 |
Linda
Ricci
(202) 395-7254 |
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(Address
inquiries about release
dates to the issuing agency.) |
Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued the attached
Schedule of Release Dates for Principal Federal Economic Indicators
for 2001.
Principal Federal economic indicators are the major statistical
series that describe the current condition of the economy. They
are compiled, released, and periodically evaluated in accordance
with procedures established in OMB Statistical Policy Directive
No. 3. As the procedures require, each agency that issues these
economic indicators has provided OMB with its schedule of releases
for the upcoming calendar year. If special, unforeseen circumstances
make it necessary to change any scheduled release date after this
consolidated schedule is issued, the agency must announce and explain
the change as soon as it is known.
In accordance with Directive No. 3, each release of a principal
economic indicator will include an announcement of the date and
time of the next release. The last release in the calendar year
will provide a schedule for the next calendar year. The OMB schedule
is available electronically on the Internet at /omb/pubpress/index.html
In addition, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Dissemination
Standards Bulletin Board at dsbb.imf.org/sdds.htm serves
as the United States' primary means of disseminating release dates
for those data categories required by the IMF's Special Data Dissemination
Standards that are not covered in the OMB Schedule of Release Dates.
Each issuing agency has an office that can provide the specific
release schedule for its indicators. The telephone numbers for those
offices are:
Department
of Agriculture
- Foreign
Agricultural Service . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 720-0888
- National
Agricultural Statistics Service . . . . .(202) 720-7017 or (800)
727-9540
- World Agricultural
Outlook Board . . . . . . . (202) 720-5447
Department
of Commerce
- Bureau of
the Census . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 482-2235
- Bureau of
Economic Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 606-9900
Department
of Labor
- Bureau of
Labor Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 691-5902
Department
of the Treasury
- Financial
Management Service . . . . . . . . . . . (202) 874-9890
Federal
Reserve Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (202)
452-3206 or 3204
Attachment
(23k)
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