Finding Statistics: Business and Economics

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The Economic Census is the official five-year measure of American business and the economy. Data provided by businesses fuels the most comprehensive economic statistics available, representing all U.S. industries and geographies.

The mission of USDA's ERS is to anticipate trends and emerging issues in agriculture, food, the environment, and rural America and to conduct high-quality, objective economic research to inform and enhance public and private decision making.

FRED is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources. It combines data with a powerful mix of tools that help the user understand, interact with, display, and disseminate the data.

Individual guides for industries identify resources available from trade associations, research firms, and other sources, with resource categories referenced in these guides including industry analysis, statistics, trends, and forecasts, financial statements and financial ratios, and compensation and salary surveys.

The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.

Tools put together by The Economist such as economic and financial indicators, exchange rates, and global housing prices.

The NYSE is the world’s largest stock exchange. Find investment-related statistics (bonds, equities, futures/options, etc.) for publicly traded companies.

The OECD Data is a database containing hundreds of statistical time series for the OECD and selected non-member counties. It covers broad topics including agriculture, development, education, employment, energy, environment, finance, health, and government. It also allows us to explore the data by country. Furthermore, it has different formats available, charts, maps, and tables, to name a few. It includes data for over 100 counties and regions worldwide giving further data access to the public who are interested in a specific county or region.

BEA is an agency of the Department of Commerce. BEA produces economic accounts statistics that enable government and business decision-makers, researchers, and the American public to follow and understand the performance of the nation's economy.

Statistics about the U.S. labor market including market activity, labor conditions, and price changes in the economy. Within this website is the Occupational Outlook Handbook which is collected information on hundreds of jobs including training, earnings, job prospects, job responsibilities, and working conditions.

USAspending.gov is the official source for spending data for the U.S. Government. Its mission is to show the American public what the federal government spends every year.