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Schreyer Business Library

 

U.S. General Sources


FEDSTATS / Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy

Historical Statistics of the United States: earliest times to the present
Business Library, Reference: HA202.B87

National Economic Trends / Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Business Library, Reference: HA202.A385

 

Population

 

Public Finance

 

Budget of the United States Government

Bureau of the Public Debt / U.S. Dept. of the Treasury

Economic Report of the President / Council of Economic Advisors

Monetary Trends / Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Treasury Bulletin

 

Labor, Employment & Earnings


Bureau of Labor Statistics

  • Inflation and consumer spending
  • Wages, earnings & benefits
  • Productivity
  • Current Employment Statistics
  • Industry data


Current Population Survey
/ U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employment and Earnings / see Bureau of Labor Statistics for related statistics
Social Sciences Library, Doc-US: L2.41/2:

Employment, Hours, and Earnings, State and Areas / see Bureau of Labor Statistics for related statistics
Business Library, Reference: HD5723.E43

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

Income, Expenditures & Wealth


Bureau of Economic Analysis

  • Gross Domestic Product
  • National Income & Product Accounts
  • Balance of Payments (international trade)
  • Personal income & outlays
  • Gross State Product
  • State & local personal income


Council of Economic Advisors
(see especially, Economic Report of the President)

Monetary Trends / Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

National Economic Trends / Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

National Income and Product Accounts of the U.S.

Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)

Regional Economic Accounts / Bureau of Economic Analysis

RECON - Regional Economic Conditions / Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

State and Local Personal Income / Bureau of Economic Analysis

 

Prices


Consumer Price Indexes / Bureau of Labor Statistics

National Agricultural Statistics Service, US Dept of Agriculture

Producer Price Indexes / Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Value of a Dollar: Colonial Era to the Civil War, 1600 - 1865
Business Library, Reference:  HB235.U6V358

The Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-2004
Business Library, Reference:  HB235.U6V35

 

Industries


Annual Industry Accounts / Bureau of Economic Analysis

  • GDP by industry
  • Industry input-output accounts


Annual Survey of Manufacturers
/ US Census Bureau

Business & Industry / US Census Bureau

Census of Manufacturers (every year which ends in 2 and 7)
Social Sciences Library, Census Collection

Current Industrial Reports

Industry, Trade & Economy: Data & Analysis / International Trade Administration

NAICS - North American Industry Classification System

See also Schreyer Business Library Industry Guides

 

Pennsylvania


Center for Workforce Information & Analysis / Pennsylvania Dept of Labor and Industry

Pennsylvania Abstract
Business Library, Reference: HA607.P4

Pennsylvania County Data Books
Social Sciences Library, Reference: HC107.P4A3101

Pennsylvania Labor Force / Pennsylvania Dept of Labor and Industry
Business Library, Periodicals: HD5725.P4 A8901

Pennsylvania State Data Center

 

Additional Economic Statistics


Business Cycle Indicators

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

DataFerrett (Federated Electronic Research, Review, Extraction and Tabulation Tool) / U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics

EconData.Net

  • State and substate socioeconomic data
  • links to public and private data sources on the Web


Economic Census
(every five years)

EconoMagic.com: Economic Time Series Page

FREDĀ® (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
A database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series.

NBER Data / National Bureau of Economic Research

Social Sciences Library: Data and Statistics / Penn State University Libraries