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Government
Information Web Sites
- Bureau of Labor Statistics provides data and information on consumer and producer prices, employment and unemployment, occupational
compensation, workplace injuries and illness, employee benefits, and productivity.
- Business Cycle
Indicators presents a set of 256 data series commonly known as the US Business Cycle
Indicators. They are used for tracking and predicting US business activity. With a few exceptions
that consists of quarterly data, the historical data is monthly data, as published by the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (part of the US Department of Commerce). In most instances the data is
complete from 1948 to the present.
- Energy Information Administration provides a variety of industry status reports and data. Consumption, prices, and energy use forecasts are included. Data from the Annual Energy Review is available 1949 - 1996. Contains links to a variety of other web energy resources.
- FedStats provides statistical data
generated by many different U.S. Government agencies. Statistics on interest
rates, inflation rates, and wages are available as are those on breastfeeding,
education, and consumer credit. Key agencies included are BEA, BLS, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Bureau of Transportation, Bureau of the Census, EIA, OMB, and more.
- FRED provides historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily and monthly U.S. interest rates, T-bill rates, monetary and business indicators, historical exchange rates for over 30 currencies, and regional economic data for Arkansas,
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. Also includes online publications: U.S. Financial Data & National Economics Trends.
- Government Accounting Office allows you
to retrieve GAO reports as FULL TEXT ASCII or PDF (Portable Document Format)
electronic files from the Government Printing Office (GPO).
- Government Printing Office provides
access to Superintendent of Documents publications such as the Federal Register,
the Congressional Record and others.
- Governments on the WWW is a meta site linking to official government web sites for over 200 countries. Many of the sites it links to are in local languages.
- MABLE/Geocorr engine provides cross reference information for researchers converting data from one geographic area to another (e.g. counties to zip codes, congressional districts to metropolitan areas, etc.)
- STAT-USA is the Internet source for business and economic information produced by the Federal Government. STAT-USA gathers information from over 50 Federal agencies and distributes
from a central source. STAT-USA includes U.S. economic data & release calendars, exchange rates, industrial data, and consumer credit reports. Its international side includes trade opportunity leads, international industry, market analysis, imports, exports, and guides for U.S. companies doing business in different countries.
- Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet provides bill summaries and status, text of the congressional record, historical documents (including Declaration of Independence & Constitution), and discussions of the U.S. legislative process.
- U.S. Census Bureau: Official Statistics is the
most authoritative site for economic and demographic data on the population of the United States.
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