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BEA to release new regional data |
| Teletraining Conference Call, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, 2 p.m. EDT |
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Presenters
BEA to release new regional data THURSDAY— SABEW members get exclusive help! September 25, you will be able to find out the size of your city’s economy, learn whether it’s growing or declining and what industries are driving it. On that date the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis will release the second annual estimates of gross domestic product for 363 metropolitan statistical areas. These estimates will provide a wealth of possible local economic stories. On the call will be Sharon Panek, chief of the Gross Domestic Product by State Services section of BEA’s Regional Economic Analysis Division.
Gross domestic product (GDP) by metropolitan area is a measurement of an MSA’s output; it is the sum of value added: Link
From all industries in the MSA. GDP by metropolitan area is the local counterpart to the Nation's gross domestic product (GDP) Link
Call moderated by Marty Steffens, SABEW chair.
To Participate
The call will be at 2 p.m, EDT, 1 p.m. CDT and noon PDT To access the call, dial 800-369-3330 Passcode: 36047.
SABEW's training committee welcomes suggestions. Please contact committee chair Josh Mills at joshmills@optonline.net.