Resource Guides: Industry Information: Statistics

Federal Agency Databases & Websites for Statistics

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA, Dept. of Commerce)
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BEA site contains many statistics - national, regional, international, industry - as well as the Survey of Current Business (articles and tables). New feature - chart "Which agency produces what statistics?", at: http://www.bea.gov/newsroom/matrix.htm - for BEA, BLS, Census
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BLS)
Census Bureau
Links to census data that is on: Data.Census.Gov -- for Economic Census, American Community Survey, and more.
Commercial Bank Structure Data
From the Chicago Fed. 2011 to present (click "more" for info. on prior years)
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1976-2000 at:
http://www.chicagofed.org/webpages/banking/financial_institution_reports/commercial_bank_data.cfm
Data.gov
U.S. Federal Executive Branch datasets.
EDGAR (SEC)
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Official source for US public corporation filings such as the 10K. These are required to be submitted to the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).
Data.gov
Statistics from federal agencies.
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URL was: http://fedstats.sites.usa.gov -
founded in 1997. Per Sunlight Foundation, URL removed in Feb. 2018. It
FinancialStability.gov
TARP info.; links. From the Dept. of the Treasury.
FRASER: Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
Federal economic statistics. From the St. Louis Fed.
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Economic Indicators (in pdf) from 1948 onward, NIPA from 1929, etc. Also includes Survey of Current Business from 1921-2002
FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data
Also from the St. Louis Fed. Time series; downloadable.
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Includes 22,000 U.S. economic time series. Key series -Producer Price Index from 1913 onward; layoffs from 2000 onward; Employment Cost Index from 2001 onward.
NTIS: National Technical Information Service
Summaries of technical reports from unclassified government-sponsored research.
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Library subscription; use this version of the database for best results. Free government website has limited searching - NTRL - https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/
Recovery.gov
U.S. gov't website for tracking spending of funds related to the Recovery Act.
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Clicking on map yields general state statistics (total funds awarded; total funds received; recipient-reported jobs). Can enter zip code for nearby contracts, grants, and loans provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Info. from the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board; Chairman appointed by the President.