What is in this guide?
This is a selective guide to sources of United States macro-level economics statistics. Most of the data is not free on the web, with the exception of much government data.
The same data may or may not be collected for or by each state.
The guide contains the following sections:
- Government Economic Resources - statistics and data from the U. S. government.
- Other Indicators - state and regional statistics as well as employment, consumer and business data.
- Databases - indexes and data available from UNC libraries.
When You Don't Know Where to Begin
- Economics and Finance FAQProduced by economics librarians at Princeton University - you will need to check this library’s resources to see that you will have access to the suggested sources.
- Historical Statistics of the United StatesContains more than 37,000 annual time series of quantitative historical information covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations.
- StatistaIncludes information from more than 10,000 renowned business and public information sources including trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on more than 600 industries.
- Statistical Abstract of the United StatesThis compendium of statistics produced by the U.S. government contains basic tables summarizing the vast amount of data collected by the government. Find a table here that is related to your topic and follow the cited source to identify which agency collects the data you need.
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