Business Owners & Analysts

Forecasting, benchmarking, and market-sizing tools for business decisions.

How to use this page

Use Labor Market and Sentiment & Forecasting to gauge hiring conditions and near-term demand, and Housing & Real Estate or Trade & International if your business is exposed to those sectors. Many of these tools are built for professional analysts, so look at the pricing badge — some offer a useful free tier, others require a subscription for the data cuts you'll actually need.

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ADP National Employment Report

Private-sector payroll employment data, released ahead of the official jobs report.

BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis)

Official US GDP, personal income, and trade data direct from the source agency.

BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Official US employment, wage, and price data direct from the source agency.

BLS CPI Databases

Official Consumer Price Index data, including regional and category breakdowns.

Challenger Job Cuts Report

Monthly tracking of announced corporate layoffs by industry.

Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index

Monthly gauge of US household confidence in the economy. Headline index is free via press release; full historical/detailed data series require a paid subscription.

DataUSA.io

Visual explorer for US public economic and demographic data by place, industry, and occupation.

Federal Reserve H.15 Selected Interest Rates

Official daily and historical interest rate data across Treasury and other benchmarks.

FHFA House Price Index

Official US house price index based on conforming mortgage transactions.

FOMC Meeting Calendar & Statements

Official schedule and statements from Federal Reserve policy meetings.

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

Massive free database of US and international economic time series; the default source most other tools pull from.

Indeed Hiring Lab

Job posting trends and labor market analysis from Indeed. own data.

Investing.com Economic Calendar

Widely used economic release calendar with historical surprise data.

ISM Manufacturing PMI

Widely watched monthly index of US manufacturing activity.

JOLTS

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey; openings, hires, quits data.

Koyfin

Customizable investment research terminal with charting, screening, and macro dashboards.

LinkedIn Economic Graph

Labor market insights drawn from LinkedIn's global professional network data.

NFIB Small Business Optimism Index

Monthly survey tracking small business sentiment and hiring plans.

OECD Data Explorer

Cross-country macroeconomic indicators for OECD member nations.

Realtor.com Economic Research

Housing supply, pricing, and demand trend analysis.

Redfin Data Center

Housing market data including price, supply, and time-on-market trends.

S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Index

Leading US home price index tracked by economists and investors.

Trading Economics

Real-time economic indicators, forecasts, and historical data across 196 countries.

UN Comtrade

Global trade statistics database covering imports/exports by country and product.

US Census Bureau Foreign Trade Data

Official US import/export statistics by country and commodity.

Zillow Research

Home value, rent, and inventory data with downloadable historical series.