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B -- U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL ECONONMIC DATA SOL NB-98-001 POC Nancy Booth, Contracting Officer, (202) 720-4955 The USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) is seeking a contractor to provide U.S. and international economic data and have that data delivered/updated electronically. The data need to be delivered to the ERS computer system by a user-friendly delivery system that allows users to download the data into Lotus, Excel, and E-Views applications. ERS requires the data to be supplied as close as possible to the items becoming available and that the vendor review data items for accuracy and reasonableness before final release. For the U.S., ERS requires the major components of GDP in current and constant dollars, GDP deflators and growth rates, consumer and producer price indexes, and their detailed components, international transactions, housing starts, value of new construction put in place, plant and equipment expenditures, industrial production, capacity utilization, manufacturers' shipments, inventories and orders, money stock by board components and selected interest rates. ERS also requires detail on the Conference Board's indexes of consumer confidence, detail on labor market conditions, the FRB's flow of funds accounts, and detail on business fixed investment. On the international side, ERS requires monthly and annual data, for most countries of the world (approximately 140) on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions (including the balance of payments), government finance, and national accounts. The data needs to be presented by country, and for area aggregates and world aggregates. The data series should be provided beginning as early as possible in the post World War II era. Interested parties should submit a written request with four self addressed mailing labels to the Contracting Officer. Telephonic requests will not be honored. This is a small business set-aside. Written quotations (RFQs) will be used. The projected award date is the second quarter of FY'98. See Note 1. (0008)

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