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To: LindyBill who wrote (23688)	1/10/2004 1:00:04 AM
From: kumar	Respond to of 793858

I suspect this employment report is wrong. TWT. If it is wrong, you will see a revised number by February end. Thats historically been the case : a "seemingly gut feel" number is put out, followed by verified numbers within 2 months.

To: LindyBill who wrote (23688)	1/10/2004 9:30:55 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793858

What makes you suspect it is wrong. Seems perfectly consistent with the jobs trends we are seeing. I suspect this employment report is wrong.

To: LindyBill who wrote (23688)	1/10/2004 9:37:24 AM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793858

Does anyone know of any source that tracks start-up businesses - that is, the number of new businesses started each month or quarter? My (anecdotal) experience is that many people are starting their own one-person business rather than work for someone else. The WSJ has a number of economic indicators at online.wsj.com including: Beige Book Report Business Inventories (PDF) Business Productivity Construction Spending (PDF) Consumer Credit Consumer Price Index Current Account Durable-Goods Orders (PDF) E-Commerce Retail Sales Employment Cost-Index Employment Situation Existing-Home Sales Factory Orders (PDF) Gross Domestic Product Housing Starts (PDF) Import/Export Price Indexes Industrial Production International Trade (PDF) Initial Jobless Claims Leading Indicators Monetary Aggregates New-Home Sales (PDF) Nonmanufacturing Index Purchasing Index Personal Income Philadelphia Fed Survey Producer Price Index Retail Sales (PDF) U. Michigan Survey Unemployment Report Wholesale Trade Sales (PDF) But this is not what I want. Would I have to check state by state?