Last updated: 6/16/08
Internet Resources Business, Labor & Economics

   Beige Book

Report by the Federal Reserve Board. Summarizes current economic conditions by Federal Reserve district. Eight times per year.

  Bureau of Economic Analysis

Official government source for statistics on GDP, balance of payments, imports and exports, U.S. investment abroad, foreign investment in the U.S., personal income, etc. Data available at the national, state, and local area levels. Also provides online access to the Survey of Current Business.

 

  Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Economic Accounts

Produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas.

 

  Bureau of Labor Statistics

Official government source for statistics on employment and unemployment, prices and living conditions, compensation and working conditions, productivity and technology, employment projections, and international labor.

  Census Bureau

Official government source for a broad range of social, demographic, business, and economic statistics.

  Consumer Expenditure Survey

Summary statistics from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, which is conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Reports broad categories of consumer expenditures by age, income, and Metropolitan Statistical Area. Data available from the mid-1980s to the present.

  CorpTech Database of 50,000 High-Tech Companies

Search for public and private companies in high-tech fields. Company capsules provide address, phone,  web site, ownership, sales estimate, brief description of business, list of competitors, and company rankings. Allows searching by company name, ticker symbol, personal name, and products & services.

  County Business Patterns

Released every year, County Business Patterns provides the number of employees, annual payroll, total number of establishments, and the number of establishments by employment class size for every industry. Data are also available by industry or by state, county, Metropolitan Statistical Area, and zip code.

  Country Commercial Guides

Comprehensive look at countries’ commercial environments, using economic, political, and market analysis. Prepared by U.S. embassies and published by the U.S. State Department.

  Country Reports on Economic and Trade Practices

Analysis of countries’ trade practices, including economic indicators; exchange rate, structural, and debt management policies; export policies; workers’ rights; and statistics on U.S. investment in each country. Prepared by the U.S. State Department.

  Dow Jones Historical Averages

Provides, the high, low, and close for the Dow Jones Averages for any day from May 26, 1896 to the present. Also provides lists of component companies for each index.

  Economic Census

Conducted every 5 years (in years ending with 2 and 7), the Economic Census provides data on number of establishments, sales, annual payroll, and number of paid employees by industry. Data are available by industry or by state, county, metropolitan area, and zip code.

  Economic Report of the President

Provides integrated access to all current federal economic indicators. Includes links to the source agency of each indicator.

  Economic Statistics Briefing Room

Provides integrated access to all current federal economic indicators. Includes links to the source agency of each indicator.

  Federal Reserve Board Statistical Releases

Provides current and historical statistics for interest rates, exchange rates, daily reserves, money supply, etc. If you can’t find what you want here, be sure to check FRED (see below) and the home pages of the regional Federal Reserve Banks.

  Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)

Provides historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates, balance of payments, etc.

  New England Economic Indicators

Supplied by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, offers current economic indicators and time series data back to 1969 for each New England state.

  Occupational Outlook Handbook

Detailed descriptions of over 200 occupations. Contains information on the nature of the job, qualification and training needed, earnings, and hiring trends.

 

  Standard Industrial Classification Search

Search the 1987 version of the SIC manual by keyword, access descriptive information for specific 4-digit SICs, and examine the SIC structure.

  Thomas Global Register

The Thomas Global Register is a directory of 700,000 manufacturers and distributors from 28 countries, classified by 11,000 products and services categories.