[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10060-10061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4374]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Advance Monthly Retail Sales Survey.
    Form Number(s): B-104(92). [[Page 10061]] 
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0104.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 3,363.
    Number of Respondents: 3,363.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of the Census conducts the Advance 
Monthly Retail Sales Survey to collect monthly sales data from a 
national sample of retail establishments on a timely basis in order to 
provide an early indication of changes in current retail trade activity 
at the United States level. Policy makers such as the Federal Reserve 
Board need to have the most timely estimates in order to anticipate 
economic trends and act accordingly. The Bureau of the Census releases 
the advance sales estimates 9 days after the end of the data month in a 
press release called ``Advance Monthly Retail Sales Report.'' Without 
these early estimates, the next available measure of retail sales is 
the ``preliminary'' estimate released about 40 days after the data 
month. Other users of the advance sales estimates include the Council 
of Economic Advisors, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Federal Reserve 
Board, other government agencies, and businesses.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 
482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 
10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 16, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-4374 Filed 2-22-95; 8:45 am]
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