Business Statistics of the United States: Patterns of Economic Change is a comprehensive and practical collection of data that reflects the nation's economic performance since 1929. It provides over 80 years of annual data in regional, demographic, and industrial detail for key indicators such as:gross domestic product, personal income, spending, saving, employment,unemployment, the capital stock, and more.Compiled in the midst of a dramatic downturn in the United States economy, the 15th Edition provides an abundance of data enabling the user to understand the background of recent developments and compare today's economy with past history. Of equal importance to the data are the introductory highlights and extensive notes for each chapter that help users to understand the data, use them appropriately, and, if desired, seek additional information from the sources agencies. Business Statistics of the United States provides a rich and deep picture of the American economy and contains approximately 3,500 time series in all. The data are predominately from federal government sources including:Board of Governors of The Federal Reserve SystemBureau of Economic AnalysisBureau of Labor StatisticsCensus BureauEmployment and Training AdministrationEnergy Information AdministrationFederal Housing Finance AgencyU.S. Department of the TreasuryWhat's New for the 15 EditionThe 2009 comprehensive revision of the National Income and Product Accounts, released in July 2009, is incorporated throughout this volume, providing consistent new current- and constant-dollar estimates of output, demand, and incomes all the way back to 1929.Due to of the importance of U.S. trade and financial relationships with China, a series on the value of the U.S. dollar in terms of the Chinese yuan has been introduced.Another major innovation is the U.S. statistical system is the monthly reporting of hours and earnings for all employees on nonfarm payrolls. The monthly report on Employment and Earnings from t