New Online Tool Lets You Track the Economy

November 19, 2009

New site from EPI makes it easier to track the state of the economy.

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has launched Economy Track (www.economytrack.org), a new one-stop website to help you make sense of all the twists and turns of the economy.

The site combines the latest economic data with historic, demographic and geographic information into an easy-to-use interface that lets visitors find just the information they are most interested in.

Economy Track was created to help people from all backgrounds understand what’s happening in the economy, nationally and at the state level. Key measures of economic health – including unemployment, job growth or losses, GDP growth and more – are updated whenever new government reports are released, so visitors will always see the latest available information.

The site is broken into three general categories of information: Jobs and Employment, Economic Activity, and States. From there, visitors can use the simple interactive interface to generate custom-made charts and graphics by selecting or deselecting different subcategories of data. It also includes links to more in-depth information and analysis.

For more, visit Economy Track at www.economytrack.org.