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Quarterly Services Survey · QSS

ReleasedQuarterly · 10:00 AM ET
FrequencyQuarterly

Definition

Census estimates of revenue and expenses across U.S. service industries, a key input to services-sector GDP.

Why investors care

Services are the largest part of the economy, and the QSS firms up the services-spending side of GDP.

What to watch

It’s a GDP-input report — economists watch it to revise consumption estimates, not for a market reaction.

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