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Does anyone know the answer to the question? The only thing I know of currently is to look at projected population. But I know there must be some statistic that has to do with the quantity of money in the area, or what is expected to be in the area that is the CAUSE of the population growth. For example, Naples, FL is expected to grow because retirees move there because the area is very nice. Due to this, the Naples, FL real estate market will be "on fire" for decades most likely. I'm just trying to QUANTIFY this into an easily readable statistic so that I can look up projections of this statistic. Perhaps median home value? Why do cities grow? What causes them to grow? In this case, Naples is growing because of it's climate... and this would lead me to believe that Florida as a whole is a good "bet," as would be Texas and California. People like the Sun and warm winters.

No, not a homework question... I'm not in school... Does anybody know the answer? I am trying to determine if I should try to buy real estate in a certain city and I want to know if this city will be economically healthy for years to come... Other than expected population growth, what statistics should I look at that have to do with the amount of money in the cities economy? And I am trying to look 10 - 20 years into the future.

I am interested in investing in apartment complexes. Given the right deal, any area can lead to a successful investment, but I would like to know what areas would be best on a macro- scale. What statistics should I look at? For example, there was recently two billion dollar plants built near Chattanooga, Tennessee. A Volkswagen plant and a foreign solar energy company. What statistic will this increase in this area? Is it GDP (of the area)? Is it income per capita? What easily defined quantitative statistic is increased by the action of creating these new billion dollar plants in this area?

The price of stocks already reflects people's future expectations. Therefore, how can I use economic indicators and other measures of what is expected to happen in the future to help me? What other information can I use? Obviously, I would not know any better information about the future than what is released by government agencies and The Conference Board, etc. than is already given out to everyone else. So how do I get ahead? Not only stocks, but this future expectations reflects on all markets, including bonds and commodity futures.

Where can I find information about the World GDP by sector? This seems like it would be an easy piece of information to find, but I cannot find it by searching Google. The World GDP (GWP) is about 76 trillion USD. How much of this is devoted to the energy industry? What about construction? Iron mining? Agriculture? Where can I find this information?

The LEI increased 0.8% to 104.4 in September. What does this mean exactly? I know that it is relative to 100 set in 2004. But how do I use this to help me predict what the economy will do in the next 3-9 months?