Data and Statistics for Business and Economics

St. Louis Fed. "ALFRED® allows you to retrieve vintage versions of economic data that were available on specific dates in history... Vintage or real time economic data allows academics to reproduce others' research, build more accurate forecasting models, and analyze economic policy decisions using the data available at the time."

"Data Profiles have the most frequently requested social, economic, housing, and demographic data. Each of these four subject areas is a separate data profile. The data profiles summarize the data for a single geographic area, both numbers and percent, to cover the most basic data on all topics." (United States Census Bureau)

GDP, National Accounts, Industry Data, International Trade and Investment Data, Regional and State Estimates.

Consumer Price Index, Current Population Survey, Employment Cost Trends, Local Area Unemployment and Producer Price Index.

By mode, region, and subject.

U.S. Census Bureau. Monthly, quarterly, yearly, and five-year basis. Includes option for "visualization" of key data.

"...monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. "

"...annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. The series is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses. Businesses use the data for analyzing market potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales and advertising programs, setting sales quotas, and developing budgets. Government agencies use the data for administration and planning."

Access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.

U.S. Census Bureau. A-Z listing of data tools and applications.

Population Reference Bureau. "...Demographers in PRB’s U.S. Programs have selected key U.S. indicators that can be viewed in map, tabular, and trend chart formats, by state and county."

U.S. Census Bureau "...profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level."

U.S. Census Bureau. New residential sales, construction, retail trades, wholesale trade, more.

Annual report written by the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.

"Independent statistics and analysis."

Statistical, analytical, and historical data on banks and the banking industry.

U.S. Census Bureau. Employment, payroll, finance, more.

"...triennial cross-sectional survey of U.S. families."

Historical statistics complementing FRED Federal Reserve Economic Data

Economic time series database. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

NORC. "...contains a standard ‘core’ of demographic and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. Many of the core questions have been unchanged since 1972 to facilitate time trend studies as well as replication of earlier findings."

University of Michigan. "...longitudinal panel study that surveys a representative sample of approximately 20,000 Americans over the age of 50 every two years. Supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA U01AG009740) and the Social Security Administration..."

Historical Budgets of the United States, 1940-

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. UH Manoa is not a current member. [Note from provider: "Some ICPSR data are freely available for anyone to download from our website. These data are part of the topical archives at ICPSR and generally include data pertaining to criminal justice, health and aging, substance abuse and mental health, child care, and health and medical care. Other data, referred to as members-only data, can only be downloaded by member institutions. Individuals at nonmember institutions interested in those data should send email to ICPSR User Support at ICPSR-help@umich.edu or call (734) 647-2200 for access information. ICPSR typically charges an access fee of approximately $550 per dataset."]

"STATS America is a service of the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. We obtain thousands of data items from hundreds of data sets from dozens of federal and state sources, along with some commercial or private source data. While STATS America adds value to these data through easy access and functionality, we acknowledge the direct agency source of the data on every table, profile or map."

International Trade Administration. "Get the latest data and reports produced by ITA's team of trade specialists. Data series and reports for both public and government use." Includes state and metropolitan exports.