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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Check out the Census Bureau's mobile app, "America's Economy," for several key Census Bureau economic indicators over the next four weeks:

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Week of March 4-8 - Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders for January 2013 (March 6); U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services for January 2013 (March 7); Quarterly Services for Fourth Quarter 2012 (March 7); Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories for January 2013 (March 8).

Week of March 11-15 - Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services for February 2013 (March 13); Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales for January 2013 (March 13).

Week of March 18-22 - New Residential Construction for February 2013 (March 19).

Week of March 25-29 - Quarterly Financial Report: Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service Industries for Fourth Quarter 2012 (March 25); Quarterly Financial Report: Retail Trade for Fourth Quarter 2012 (March 25); New Residential Sales for February 2013 (March 26); and Advance Report on Durable Goods: Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders for February 2013 (March 26).

In addition, the Commerce Department will release two indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis: the Gross Domestic Product for Fourth Quarter 2012 (third estimate, March 28) and Personal Income and Outlays for February 2013 (March 29). The Commerce will also release a Bureau of Labor Statistics economic indicator, The Employment Situation for February 2013 (March 8).

All these indicators may be accessed through the Census Bureau's free, easy-to-use mobile app, "America's Economy," available for download for both Apple and Android phones and tablets. The app provides real-time updates for 16 key economic indicators from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Economic Analysis.

http://www.census.gov/mobile/

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301-763-3030

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