Economic Census 2002: Manufacturing, Industry Series. Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing

摘要

The economic census is the major source of facts about the structure and functioning of the Nation's economy. It provides essential information of government, business, industry, and the general public. Title 13 of the United States Code (Section 131, 191, and 224) directs the Census Bureau to take the economic census every 5 years, coverning years ending in 2 and 7. The economic census furnishes an important part of the framework for such composite measures as the gross domestic product estimates, input/output measures, production and price indexes, and other statistical series that measure short-term changes in economic conditions.