Big changes at economic census will provide new insights into US economy
Monday, July 30, 2018 - 07:50
in Mathematics & Economics
Every five years, the US Census Bureau conducts an economic census, providing official benchmark measures of American business and the economy. Despite being less well-known than the population census, the economic census—based on a representative sample of approximately 4 million businesses from about 400 industries—is vital to understanding how the nonagricultural sectors of the US economy are performing.