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Title	Release Dates

Spliced Business Formations Within Four Quarters: Retail Trade in the United States	2021-02-10	2025-02-12

Source

U.S. Census Bureau	2021-02-10	2025-02-12

Release

Business Formation Statistics	2021-02-10	2025-02-12

Units

Number	2021-02-10	2025-02-12

Frequency

Monthly	2021-02-10	2025-02-12

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2021-02-10	2025-02-12

Notes

This series combines (splices) BFBF4QNAICSRETNSAUS (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BFBF4QNAICSRETNSAUS) and BFPBF4QNAICSRETNSAUS (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BFPBF4QNAICSRETNSAUS) to provide the entire time series for the actual and projected business formations within four quarters. See the U.S. Census's FAQs (https://www.census.gov/econ/bfs/faqs.html) for more details.	2021-02-10	2025-02-12

Spliced Business Formations Within Four Quarters: Retail Trade in the United States (BFSBF4QNAICSRETNSAUS)