Part of the larger dataset from the Business Trends Outlook Survey (BTOS) conducted by the US Census Bureau. The BTOS asks a series of qualitative questions about business conditions in the last two weeks and expectations about future business conditions. These qualitative questions result in response share estimates, the percent of businesses which have selected each possible answer. For most questions, an index is produced to create one estimate per question for easier comparison over time. Businesses surveyed reported data every two weeks for a 1 year period.
Full dataset can be found at https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/data_downloads
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS). The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data.
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