https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/Where-to-find-forecasts-of-consumer-confidence-other-economic/m-p/71970#M322 For Bloomberg you may have a especific computer system (Boomberg Terminal) to access the information. Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:38:26 GMT Werg 2010-09-23T11:38:26Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/Where-to-find-forecasts-of-consumer-confidence-other-economic/m-p/71967#M319 I apologize that this isn't a programming question per se, but this was the best community of experts that I can think of to ask my question.<BR /> <BR /> A Businessweek article (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-08-31/u-s-economy-confidence-climbs-more-than-forecast.html) claimed "confidence climbs more than forecast." Does anyone know where I can obtain <B>forecasts</B> of consumer confidence? I haven't been able to find any in my Google searches.<BR /> <BR /> I am also trying to locate governmental forecasts of other economic indicators. I have found some at forecasts.org, but I'd prefer forecasts from government agencies if they are available. I've searched bls.gov, fhfa.gov, census.gov, federalreserve.gov &amp; bea.gov to name a few, to no avail. Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place?<BR /> <BR /> Thank you so much! Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:45:53 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/Where-to-find-forecasts-of-consumer-confidence-other-economic/m-p/71967#M319 sassygrl 2010-09-14T14:45:53Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/Where-to-find-forecasts-of-consumer-confidence-other-economic/m-p/71968#M320 I believe this kind of indicator is much more a consensus of market than a forecast model. <BR /> Did you try in Bloomberg broadcast? Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:07:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/Where-to-find-forecasts-of-consumer-confidence-other-economic/m-p/71968#M320 Werg 2010-09-15T14:07:38Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/Where-to-find-forecasts-of-consumer-confidence-other-economic/m-p/71969#M321 I would like to use economic indicators as independent variables in my forecasting model, so whether they are produced by models or consensus is not important to me. Others have suggested Bloomberg and Reuters, but I've come up empty. Do you have a specific link that you could direct me to? Thanks! Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:50:47 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/Where-to-find-forecasts-of-consumer-confidence-other-economic/m-p/71969#M321 sassygrl 2010-09-22T17:50:47Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/Where-to-find-forecasts-of-consumer-confidence-other-economic/m-p/71970#M322 For Bloomberg you may have a especific computer system (Boomberg Terminal) to access the information. Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:38:26 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/Where-to-find-forecasts-of-consumer-confidence-other-economic/m-p/71970#M322 Werg 2010-09-23T11:38:26Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/Where-to-find-forecasts-of-consumer-confidence-other-economic/m-p/71971#M323 Historical data at <A href="http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm" target="_blank">http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm</A><BR /> 6 month forecasts at <A href="http://www.forecasts.org/economic-indicator/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.forecasts.org/economic-indicator/index.htm</A><BR /> <BR /> If you work in a company, your company can purchase forecasts for a lot more economic indicators/variables from firms that deal in these kind of services like Global Insight (http://www.ihsglobalinsight.com/)<BR /> <BR /> Hope this helps.<BR /> <BR /> datalligence <BR /> <A href="http://datalligence.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://datalligence.blogspot.com/</A> Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:40:07 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Forecasting-and-Econometrics/Where-to-find-forecasts-of-consumer-confidence-other-economic/m-p/71971#M323 datalligence 2011-03-16T21:40:07Z