Economic indicators · Monthly firm expectations panel and public data
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Survey of Business Uncertainty: coverage and access
Add business outlook context to market research and compare expectations across firms and industries.
What it covers
Geography and granularity
Geography: United States; broad firm-size and industry coverage except agriculture and government
Granularity: One-year-ahead employment and sales expectations and uncertainty distributions
Source type: Monthly firm expectations panel and public data
Potential use
Add business outlook context to market research and compare expectations across firms and industries.
Access and cost
Public charts and downloadable data
Download public data and methodology; microdata access is separately request-gated.
Cost: No charge for public charts and data.
Update cadence: Monthly survey and data releases
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Interpret carefully
Limits that affect the decision
Panel expectations are survey estimates, not realized growth or a census; agriculture and government are excluded.
Monthly survey and data releases
This record summarizes source documentation; Jon Bishop did not conduct an independent audit of the underlying dataset.