Download Release Dates for Release: Weekly Business Formation Statistics
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| Weekly Business Formation Statistics | 2020-04-09 | 2024-11-14 |
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| https://www.census.gov/econ/bfs/index.html | 2020-04-09 | 2024-11-14 |
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| U.S. Census Bureau | 2020-04-09 | 2024-11-14 |
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The Business Formation Statistics (BFS) are an experimental data product of the U.S. Census Bureau developed in research collaboration with economists affiliated with Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, University of Maryland, and University of Notre Dame. The BFS provide timely and high frequency information on new business applications and formations in the United States.
The BFS data cover Employer Identification Number (EIN) applications made in the United States, including those associated with starting a new employer business. EINs are IDs used by business entities for tax purposes. Data are available as both nationwide and individual states' statistics. The Business Application Series contain 4 filtered series of EIN applications, measuring selected groupings based on a variety of factors: business applications, high-propensity business applications, business applications with planned wages, and business applications from corporations. |
2020-04-09 | 2024-11-14 |
| File Name | Format |
| release_dates_468.xls | Excel |
| release_dates_468.txt | Text |
Release Dates Notes:
Release dates are determined by the following process:
When available, the actual release date as provided by the source is entered into the ALFRED database. If a release date is not available from the source, the release date given by our data providers is used. If a release date cannot be determined either from the source or from our data providers, the date that the series was first available in the St. Louis Fed's FRED database is used.
The release date list contains the dates when any series from this release was revised. Note that all series from a release do not necessarily revise on every release date.
