Index of Coincident Economic Indicators

We have discontinued the Indexes of Coincident Economic Indicators, please see our other Regional Reports: The Empire State Manufacturing Survey, Business Leaders Survey, and Supplemental Survey Report.

Indexes of Coincident Economic Indicators (CEI) for the New York-New Jersey Region
1995 to present

Coincident Economic Indicators (CEI) for the New York-New Jersey Region


Our Indexes of Coincident Economic Indicators (CEI) for August show economic activity rising at a robust pace in New York State, and at a moderate pace in New York City and New Jersey.

Background

A coincident index is a single summary statistic that tracks the current state of the economy. The index is computed from a number of data series that move systematically with overall economic conditions. A rise in the index indicates an expansion of economic activity and a decline in the index indicates a contraction in economic activity. Each of the regional indexes is computed using data on employment, real earnings, the unemployment rate and average weekly hours worked in manufacturing. The estimated New York State, New York City, and New Jersey Coincident Indexes are then calibrated to match the mean and standard deviation of their respective real earnings series.

For more information, see:
Just Released: May’s Indexes of Coincident Economic Indicators Show Economic Growth Moderating across the Region
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Liberty Street Economics Blog, June 2016

Just Released: February Report Points to Moderate Regional Economic Growth
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Liberty Street Economics Blog, April 2013

Just Released: August Indexes of Coincident Economic Indicators Show Uneven Growth across the Region
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Liberty Street Economics Blog, September 2012

Just Released: January's Indexes of Coincident Economic Indicators Show Fairly Robust Activity across the Region
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Liberty Street Economics Blog, March 2012

Just Released: July’s Indexes of Coincident Economic Indicators Show Economic Activity Picking Up across the Region
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Liberty Street Economics Blog, August 2011

Two New Indexes Offer a Broad View of Economic Activity in the New York-New Jersey Region PDF
By Jaison Abel, Robert Rich and Jason Bram, Current Issues in Economics and Finance 5 (14), Oct 1999, 6 pages / 322 kb

Is the Worst Over? Economic Indexes and the Course of the Recession in New York and New Jersey PDF
By Jason Bram, Jaison Abel, Robert Rich, Jason Bram, and Joseph Song, Current Issues in Economics and Finance Second District Highlights (15) 5, September 2009, 7 pages / 371 kb

For further questions, contact Jaison Abel, (212) 720-5293, or Jason Bram, (212) 720-5651.

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