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Turner Construction Company -Building Cost Index; Construction Cost Turner Projects Continued Growth in Construction Costs Second Quarter 2016 Turner Building Cost Index—which measures costs in the non-residential building construction market in the United States—has increased to a value of 983. This reflects a 1.34% increase from the First Quarter 2016 and a 4.80% yearly increase from the Second Quarter 2015. Base year: 1967, index 100

Tools The Social Media Research Foundation sustains the development of social media network analysis software. So far, it has supported the creation and dissemination of the NodeXL tool: NodeXL The Network Overview Discovery and Exploration Add-in for Excel (2007 / 2010 / 2013 / 2016) is an extension to the familiar Excel spreadsheet that helps collect, visualize and interpret social media networks. The Social Media Research Foundation is dedicated to making tools that help people understand social media and social networks. The 2010 Statistical Abstract What is the Statistical Abstract? The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations. The U.S. Census Bureau is terminating the collection of data for the Statistical Compendia program effective October 1, 2011.

Advanced visualization Democratizing visualization Advanced visualization from IBM can help you gain insight from the myriad of data that your company generates. You can understand much more about the underlying numbers in your data when you can see them. For your visualization to be effective, you need technology that simplifies the visualization creation process and guidance from visualization specialists who can show you the best format for presenting your data. IBM Many Eyes, a web community that connects visualization experts, practitioners, academics and enthusiasts, offers this technology and expertise, along with ways to share and learn from others. The appeal of the Many Eyes website is that it democratizes visualization.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. CPI for all items falls 0.1% in December as energy and food indexes decline On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers declined 0.1 percent in December after being unchanged in November. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in December after increasing 0.2 percent in November. HTML | PDF | RSS | Local and Regional CPI Current CPI Economic News Releases

World Tables - Dataset Description Guide Dataset Abstract/Summary World Tables, published annually, provides the most detailed collection of economic data and socioeconomic indicators published by the World Bank. Standardized data presented for numerous inividual countries (161,1994 edition) make this an ideal reference for international comparisons. A Supplement containing revised data is published approximately six months after the main volume. Data are presented as annual times series covering multiple years (1972-1992, 1994 edition), and are presented as Topical Pages or as Country Pages. The World Tables disseminates, with little delay, country estimates used by the Bank in analysis of economic and social trends in developing countries, which emphasizes Bank borrowers.

Trends in Developing Economies World Bank Copyright 1995 by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank Abstract/Summary Social Indicators of Development World Bank Social Indicators of Development Copyright 1995 by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank Abstract/Summary World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) The IMD World Competitiveness Center (WCC) has been a pioneer in the field of competitiveness of nations and enterprises for the past 25 years. We are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge on world competitiveness by gathering the latest and most relevant data on the subject and by publishing an annual ranking of countries. IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook