bfs: Business Formation Statistics Weekly Data
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bfs	R Documentation

Business Formation Statistics Weekly Data

Description

BFS measure business initiation activity and the cycle from initiation to realized business formation. BFS gives an early look at business formation activity within the U.S..

Usage

bfs

Format

## 'bfs' A data frame with 757 rows and 10 columns:

Year: Four digit year
Week: Week of the year based on IRS processing. Please see below for how weeks match to calendar dates. Please note that some years (2008, 2014, and 2020) have 53 weeks.
BA_NSA: Not seasonally adjusted Business Application national series
HBA_BSA: Not seasonally adjusted High-Propensity Business Application national series
WBA_NSA: Not seasonally adjusted Businesses Applications with Planned Wages national series
CBA_NSA: Not seasonally adjusted Business Applications from Corporations national series
YY_BA_NSA: Calculated year-to-year percentage changes for same week a year ago for the Business Application series. No values are available for first year of the series (2006) or for week 53s.
YY_HBA_NSA: Calculated year-to-year percentage changes for same week a year ago for the High-Propensity Business Application series. No values are available for first year of the series (2006) or for week 53s.
YY_WBA_NSA: Calculated year-to-year percentage changes for same week a year ago for the Businesses Applications with Planned Wages series. No values are available for first year of the series (2006) or for week 53s.
YY_CBA_NSA: Calculated year-to-year percentage changes for same week a year ago for the Business Applications from Corporations series. No values are available for first year of the series (2006) or for week 53s.