GDP and industry growth estimates

in conducting a top-down approach, what resources do you guys use for macroeconomic future estimates?

Obama phones

You mean what data sources? Or what macroeconomic techniques?

sources

J.P. Morgan? They produce quarterly market updates filled with all macro-economic non-sense if you ask me. Top-down approach just does not make that much sense to me.

Well, there’s the Fed, there’s the back page of The Economist, also The Economist Intelligence Unit, there’s the World Bank database, Bank for International Settlements, OECD, IMF, IFC, CIA World FactBook (updates slowly). Then there’s always Bloomberg, too, ThompsonReuters. There’s the TradingEconomics website (paid) and Economagic. Or you could call up a bank if you have a relationship with them…

Maybe one of those suits you?