Economic Statistics

Handbooks

• Guide to Economic Indicators (3rd ed.) by Norman Frumkin (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 2000)
  WOO Reference HC103 .F9 2000
• Handbook of United States Economic and Financial Indicators (rev. ed.) by F. M. O'Hara, Jr. and F. M. O'Hara III (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000)
  WOO Reference HC106.8 .O47 2000
• Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data ed. by Eva E. Jacobs (Lanham, MD: Bernan Press, 1997-present)
  WOO Main HD8051 .A63 (latest ed. WOO Ready Ref.)
• Locating United States Government Information: A Guide to Sources. Internet Supplement 2001 (Buffalo, NY: W. S. Hein, 2001)
  WOO Doc. Ref. ZA5055 .U6 H472 2001

Indexes

• Lexis-Nexis Statistical
  • American Statistics Index from Congressional Information Service, 1973 to date
    WOO Doc. Ref. Index Z7554 .U5 A46
  • Index to International Statistics
    WOO Doc. Ref. Index Z7552.I53, 1996 to date
• PAIS International, 1972 to date.   (Also available in print 1938 to date)
  WOO Reference Index Z7163 .P9

Statistical Sources

• Business Statistics from Bureau of Economic Analysis, 1973 to 1992 (biennial)
  WOO Docs C 59.11/3:
• Economic Indicators from Joint Economic Committee of Congress, 1948-
  WOO Docs Y 4.EC 7:EC 7/
• Economic Report of the President from President of United States, 1947 to date
  WOO Doc. Ref. Y 1.1/7:
  WOO Reference HC106.5 .A272 (latest edition; earlier in stacks)
• Federal Domestic Outlays, 1983-1990 : A Data Book by Kenneth N. Bickers and Robert M. Stein (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1991)
  WOO Main HJ275 .B47 1991
• Federal Reserve Bulletin from Federal Reserve System Board of Governors, 1915 to date
  WOO Periodicals HG2401 .A5
• Handbook of Economic Statistics from Central Intelligence Agency, 1986-1991
  WOO Docs PREX 3.10/7-5:
• Handbook of International Economic Statistics from Central Intelligence Agency, 1992 to date
  WOO Doc. Ref. PREX 3.10/7-5:(series) (latest edition; earlier in WOO Docs)
• Historical Statistics on Banking from Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1991 to date
  WOO Doc. Ref. Y 3.F 31/8:26/
• Monthly Labor Review from Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1915 to date
  WOO Periodicals HD8051 .A78
• National Income and Product Accounts of the United States from Economic Analysis Bureau, 1992
  WOO Doc. Ref. C 59.11/5:IN 2/
• Statistics on Banking from Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1991 to date
  WOO Docs Y 3.F 31/8:1-2/
• Survey of Current Business from Economic Analysis Bureau, 1972 to date
  WOO Periodicals HC101 .A13

Government and Non-Governmental Web Sites

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Beige Book (Summary of Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District)
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Bureau of the Census
• The Dismal Scientist (not a government site, but uses government data)
• Economic Briefing Room (Census Bureau)
• Economic Statistics Briefing Room from the White House
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• FedStats
• Joint Economic Committee
• Office of Trade and Economic Analysis

Additional Guides

• Statistical Sources in Economics compiled by Margaret S. Powell