Economic Indicators

Published monthly. Tables and charts of basic economic indicators. Includes total output, income, and spending; employment, unemployment, and wages; production and business activity; consumer prices and producer prices; money, credit, and security markets including interest rates; federal finance; international statistics. Ten years of data, monthly for the last year.

FedStats

Statistics on all topics from 70 U.S. Government agencies.

International Financial Statistics Locator

Provides a country-by-country index of sources for financial statistics.

LexisNexis Statistical

Find industry statistics by NAICS codes, national income and production statistics, retail and wholesale trade data, interest rates, economic indicators, and social and demographic statistics, plus much more.

RAND California

California and U.S. public policy issues with an emphasis on statistics. RAND's "Business and Economics" section contains information on employment, unemployment, industry and occupational wages, occupational projections, construction and real estate (including housing prices and foreclosures, and non-residential vacancy rates), inflation, foreign trade, retail and taxable sales, sales tax rates, gross state product, personal and per capita income, farm income, and airport operating statistics.

STAT-USA

Data on the domestic economy and world trade. The "State of the Nation" section concerns itself with the United States domestic economy, providing current and some historical financial and economic data. The GLOBUS & NTDB database is especially useful for country, industry, and market research: Country Commercial Guides, Market Research Reports, Best Market Reports, International Marketing Insight Reports, Industry Sector Analysis reports, Commercial Service International Contacts, trade opportunity leads, and import and export data.

Statistical Abstract of the United States

This is probably the most important U.S. statistical reference work because it serves both as a prime source for U.S. industrial, social, political, and economic statistics and also as a bibliographical guide. Source notes are at the foot of each table; a useful "Guide to Sources of Statistics " (at end) lists important statistical publications arranged by subject; there is also a "Guide to State Statistical Abstracts," and a "Guide to Foreign Statistical Abstracts."

Historical Statistics of the United States

Statistical tables covering population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, economic sectors, and governance and international relations.

TableBase

Statistical information from journals and reports on companies, industries, products, countries, and markets.

USA Trade Online

U.S. export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities world wide.

Best Customers: Demographics of Consumer Demand

Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Expenditure Survey, it covers 300 individual products and services and identifies consumer spending patterns including who spends the most and who controls the largest market share.

Household Spending: Who Spends How Much on What

Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Expenditure Survey, it provides household expenditure by age, income, household type, region, and race and hispanic origin.

Survey of Buying Power and Media Markets

Annual issue of Sales & Marketing Management featuring statistics, rankings, and projections for every county and media market in the U.S. with demographics broken out by age, race, city, county, and state; information on retail spending; and projections for future growth in these areas. All of the rankings are divided into 323 metro markets and 210 media markets. Statistics unique to this publication including Effective buying income (EBI), a measurement of disposable income, and the buying power index (BPI), a measure of spending power that takes population, EBI, and retail sales into account to determine a market's ability to buy.

World Consumer Income and Expenditure Patterns

Presents income and expenditure for 40 countries. Published by Euromonitor.

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios

Financial ratios arranged by NAICS code. Includes banks and financial industries. Graphs.

Business Statistics of the United States

2000 data series covering nearly every aspect of the U.S. economy, including GDP, income, employment, investment, prices, wages, productivity, profits, energy, international trade, money supply, debt, and interest rates. Statistical profiles of each major industry group. Tables presenting 30 years of annual data and 4 years of monthly or 9 years of quarterly data.

NetAdvantage
Standard and Poor's

Online access to Standard & Poor’s Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, etc.

Survey of Current Business

Published monthly. The most important single source for U.S. business statistics. It covers general business indicators; commodity prices; construction and real estate; domestic trade; labor force, employment, earnings; finance; foreign trade of the U.S.; transportation and communication; chemicals and allied products; food and kindred products/tobacco; leather and products; lumber and products; metals and manufactures; petroleum, coal and products; pulp, paper and paper products; rubber and products; stone, clay and glass products; textile products; transportation equipment. Monthly statistics and charts for Business Cycle Indicators. Special statistical reports appear at intervals.

U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook

An industry by industry overview of the U.S. economy, from manufacturing, to high tech, to service industries.

U.S. Market Trends and Forecasts

Industry profiles for over 350 significant markets.

Federal Reserve Bulletin

Published monthly. Best source for current U.S. banking and monetary statistics including federal finance, interest rates on money and capital markets, stock market indexes, new security issues, mortgage markets, flow of funds, consumer installment credit, interest and exchange rates; also some international financial statistics and basic U.S. business statistics including the Federal Reserve Board's index of industrial production. Includes articles on recent developments.

FRASER

Contains over 40 thousand pages of historical U.S. economic data.

FRED

Over 3000 U.S. economic time series, downloadable in text and Excel formats.

International Financial Statistics Yearbook

30 years of annual statistics for each country in the following categories: exchange rate, fund position, international liquidity, money and banking statistics, nonbank financial institutions, interest rates, prices and production, international transactions, government finance, national accounts, population. See also the monthly publication International Financial Statistics.

Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook

8-year balance of payment figures for about 145 countries.

International Financial Statistics Yearbook

30 years of annual statistics for each country in the following categories: exchange rate, fund position, international liquidity, money and banking statistics, nonbank financial institutions, interest rates, prices and production, international transactions, government finance, national accounts, population. See also the monthly publication International Financial Statistics.

OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web

Provides links to official statistical agencies and national banks for most countries. Hosted by the University of Auckland Library.

OECD Statistical Portal

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development collects statistics from agencies of its member countries; they also promote and develop international statistical standards and coordinate statistical activities with other international agencies

UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database

130 countries provide the United Nations Statistics Division with their annual international trade statistics, detailed by commodity and partner country. These data are processed into a standard format with consistent coding and valuation. All values are converted into US dollars using exchange rates supplied by the countries, or derived from monthly market rates and volume of trade. For many countries the data coverage starts as far back as 1962 and goes up to the most recent completed year.

World Consumer Income and Expenditure Patterns

Presents income and expenditure for 40 countries. Published by Euromonitor.

World Development Indicators

Presents more than 800 economic and development indicators for 152 countries. Published by the World Bank.

Worldwide Statistical Sources

Links to major international organizations involved in gathering and distributing economic statistical information. Maintained by the OECD.

Yearbook of Labor Statistics

Principal labor statistics for over 190 countries, areas, or territories. Most tables cover ten years of data. Includes economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labor cost, consumer prices, occupational injuries, strikes and lockouts.

Monthly Labor Review

Current statistics covering employment, hours, earnings, consumer and producer price indexes, productivity, compensation and collective bargaining data, injury and illness, and some international comparison data.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

U.S. statistics on employment, hours, earnings, consumer and producer price indexes, productivity, compensation and collective bargaining, injury and illness, etc. Information on occupations and industries, etc.

Yearbook of Labor Statistics

Principal labor statistics for over 190 countries, areas, or territories. Most tables cover ten years of data. Includes economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labor cost, consumer prices, occupational injuries, strikes and lockouts.