Philadelphia Fed Report

[2][3] The Philadelphia Fed Report has been published monthly since May 1968, and archives for all historical data (revised to account for seasonal adjustments) are available on the website.

[6] The survey is a one-page survey asking respondents to include their name, title, company name, and mailing address, and then seeking their opinion on how they think various indicators related to business changed over the past month, as well as how they anticipate it changing over the next 6 months.

Results are calculated as the difference between percentage scores with zero acting as the centerline point.

For instance, the month of April 2014 asked the following questions:[6] for the following list of factors: The Philadelphia Fed Report has been the subject of some academic literature on economic indicators as well as the relationship between business uncertainty and economic activity.

[2][3][11] The monthly reports are also the subject of many articles in the financial press and blogs, such as Business Insider,[12] Yahoo!