Research Guides: * Economics Research Guide: US & International Economic Information

US Economic Information

Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Labor Statistics - U.S. Dept of Labor
Consumer Price Index
Producer Price Index
International Price Indexes
Census Bureau Publications
County Business Patterns (CPB)
This annual series provides subnational economic data by industry, including the number of establishments, payroll and employment.
Economic Census
Economagic.com: Economic Time Series Page
over 400,000 sets of time series data! The ultimate resource for the "I just need some data" situation.
Economic Policy Institute Research Data
Federal Reserve Economic Data - FRED
Federal Reserve System Beige Book
Published eight times per year. Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions; Beige book is a way to tune into current economic trends.
Pew State and Consumer Initiatives
Search by state.
Stateline
Stateline provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy.
Data Resources for Economists
New York State Data Center
From the New York State Department of Labor which seeks to improve public access to data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Foreign Labor Statistics from the (U.S.) Bureau of Labor Statistics.
International Accounts Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis; table and PDF formats.
International Data Base (IDB) from the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Current and historical (1950- ) data, mainly demographic; construct your own report and view or download the data.
International Monetary Fund
- IMF Country Reports on the web
- World Economic Outlook Database List
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) - ceased in 2015
OECD Statistics Portal - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Penn World Tables information on relative levels of income, output, input and productivity for 182 countries.
United Nations Statistics website
The World Bank. Many of their publications are available in PDF format, plus information on regions and countries.
World Bank Open Data Free and open access to global development data.
The World Factbook from the CIA: very useful compilation of a wide range of current facts and figures, plus maps, for all the countries of the world.
World Development Indicators presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates
U.S. Department of State
United Nations Statistics Division

United Nations International Merchandise Trade Statistics
Includes World Tables, Country Trade Profiles and Commodity Trade Profiles. To access the current International Trade Statistics Yearbook