Website: Statistical Resources: Economics & Finance

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Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistical tables on a wide variety of U.S. and some international subjects. Available online and print.

Bureau of Economic Resources
Collected by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Provides national, regional and international economic data.

Bureau of Labor Statistics This link opens in a new window
The federal government's principal fact-finding agency in the field of labor economics and statistics.
Information on employment, inflation and prices, consumer spending, and industry productivity.

Commerce.gov
From the U.S. Department of Commerce, includes several economic indicators.
Foreign Trade Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau trade data, includes historical series back to 1960.
Penn World Table
Provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 189 countries for some or all of the years 1950-2007.
State of Working America
A wide variety of data on family incomes, wages, jobs, unemployment, wealth, and poverty.

Bureau of Economic Analysis This link opens in a new window
Basic information on such key issues as U.S. economic growth, regional economic development, and the Nation's position in the world economy.
Data on U.S. domestic production, consumption, and investment, of exports and imports, and of national and domestic income and saving.

FRED (St. Louis Federal Reserve)
Data include CPI, employment/unemployment, exchange rate, GDP, interest rates, and PPI.
International Trade Statistics

Economic Indicators This link opens in a new window
Economic information on gross domestic product, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, Federal finance, and international statistics.