This dataset provides a snapshot of data which was available for analysis in the Main Economic Indicators database at monthly intervals for key economic variables such as gross domestic product and its expenditure components, industrial production and production in construction, balance of payments, composite leading indicators, consumer prices, retail trade, unemployment rates, civilian employment, hourly earnings, monetary aggregates and international trade. Full time series are provided for each variable in each historical monthly release. Data are available from 1955 onwards.