The U.S. Census Bureau will hold an instructional webinar to promote response to the 2012 Economic Census. This webinar will feature reporting options available to businesses and other information for respondents, associations and the media. The economic census is the U.S. government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy. It provides accurate benchmark statistics that are fundamental building blocks of economic indicators, including the gross domestic product, monthly retail sales and the producer price index. The economic census gives businesses the information they need to make informed decisions that affect America's economy.

Please dial in by phone to listen to a simultaneous audio conference while viewing the online presentation. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation.

Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013; 1 p.m. (EST)

Charles Brady, chief, Customer and Respondent Outreach Branch, Economic Planning and Coordination Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Kari Klinedinst, survey statistician, Economic Planning and Coordination Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Andrew Hait, data products and data user liaison, Economic and Planning Coordination Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Audio conference-access information
Dial-in: 800-857-9836
Participant passcode: CENSUS

Online presentation-access information
URL: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join/
URL (caption link): //livewrite.nccsite.com/view/cb0124
Conference number: PW3438034
Audience passcode: CENSUS

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