The Survey of Current Business (SCB) is a monthly publication by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) (a part of the United States Department of Commerce) that provides definitive information about the national economic accounts for the economy of the United States maintained by the BEA.
Edwin Gay and Wesley Mitchell published frequently in the SCB as they developed the national economic accounts of the U.S.[7] Starting February 2014, print publication of the Survey was ceased on account of low demand for the print publication as well as budgetary constraints.
[6][8] The Survey of Current Business is widely used by macroeconomists and financial analysts to understand the state of the US economy.
The numbers reported in the SCB are often treated as standard values for reference purposes and are used to judge the accuracy of forecasts or other estimates.
For instance, the Livingston Survey relies on the SCB for its quarterly variables of real non-residential fixed investment and corporate profit after taxes.