This is one in a series of research guides produced by the Thomas J. Long Business & Economics Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
This list provides sources for economic statistics issued primarily by various agencies of the United States federal government.
Unless otherwise specified, all of the publications are available in the Long Library.
Last updated 11/2005.
If the following sources do not provide the data you require, please use Lexis-Nexis Statistical or STAT-USA for additional leads.
Agricultural Statistics
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Annual.
BioSciences Library, S21 .A99
Annual Statistical Digest
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Annual.
Provides historical continuations for statistics carried regularly in the Federal Reserve Bulletin.
HG181 .A1U55a Reference
Business Statistics of the United States
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Provides statistics from the Survey of Current Business, in long time series.
HC1 .A24e 1991 Express Reference
Economic Indicators Handbook: Time Series, Conversions, Documentation
Gale Research. Annual.
A wide variety of historic (usually 30 years or more) government statistics. Of special interest are historical cost of living for selected U.S. cities.
HC103 .E26 Express Reference
Economic Report of the President Transmitted to Congress
President of the United States. Annual.
In print: HC106.5 .A28 Express Reference
Gale Book of Averages
Gale Research Company.
Wide variety of statistics from many sources; including allocation of time statistics, business and labor, consumption, health costs, pollution, and recycling statistics.
HA155 .G34 1994 Express Reference
Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970
U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1975.
CD-ROM (available on library PCs only)
HA202 .B871 Reference
Manufacturing and Distribution USA
Gale Research. Annual.
Provides a synthesis of federal statistics on over 400 manufacturing industries including employment, shipments, production and input-output data.
HF5035 .M36 Reference
National Income and Product Accounts
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
HC110 .I5.A3 Reference
Statistical Abstract of the United States
U.S. Bureau of the Census. Annual.
Abstracts and indexes a wide assortment of government statistics.
HA203 .A3 Express Reference
United States International Trade Commission Dataweb
Interactive, direct access to trade data, including tariff information, import/export data.
Value of a Dollar 1860-1999
Grey House. Gives historic prices for a wide range of commodities and services from a variety of sources.
HB235 .U6V35 1999 Reference
Additional useful websites providing economic data: