"Economic Data" are links to economic data sites for all of the Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors, as well as other key government agencies and private institutions that specialize in providing economic data.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
ALFRED® (ArchivaL Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Allows users to retrieve vintage versions of data that were available on specific dates in history.
FRASER® (The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)
On this web site you will find links to scanned images (in Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format) of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.
FRED® (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
A database of over 19,000 U.S. economic time series (economic data provided for a period of time, for example: quarterly data for the last 10 years). With FRED® you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.
Gross Domestic Product Definition and Information
GDP and its components on the St. Louis Fed's FRED database.
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Index
The Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization release comes from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The industrial production data measure the real output of the manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities industries in the United States. The capacity utilization data estimate the capacity of these same industries. These data reflect the growth (or decline) of these sectors of the United States economy. The preliminary October data was released on December 15th. The release noted “Industrial production increased 1.3 percent in October after a downwardly revised decline of 3.7 percent in September. The revision to September output resulted, in part, from a larger estimate of the impact of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike on the chemical industry… Industrial production in September and October was substantially affected by the hurricanes and a strike in the commercial aircraft industry. Excluding these special factors, total industrial production is estimated to have fallen around 2/3 percent in both September and October.”
This index is prepared monthly by the Federal Reserve Board in a statistical release called G. 17
Release: G.17 Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization (from FRED)
The series in FRED: INDPRO, Industrial Production Index
Light Weight Vehicle Sales: Autos & Light Trucks
Light Weight Vehicle Sales: Autos & Light Trucks represent individual unit sales of domestically produced cars and light duty trucks (including sport utility vehicles and mini-vans).
Monetary Trends
A monthly review of U.S. monetary and financial conditions, with an emphasis on various measures of the Fed's monetary policy stance.
Money Supply
Data series for monetary aggregates (M1, M2, M3, and MZM). These are all components of the United States money supply.
National Economic Trends
A comprehensive snapshot of the state of the U.S. economy, including data on output, interest rates, inflation, labor markets, government budgets, international trade and more. Produced monthly.
Producer Price Index
Unemployment and Employment Definition and Information
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the November 2008
employment situation report on December 5. The report includes data from two different surveys: the household survey and the establishment survey. The establishment survey provides information from business and government agencies on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. The household survey produces the unemployment rate and the labor force participation data. Together, these surveys provide a comprehensive look at the national workforce.
The
employment data series are available from FRED. The
Civilian Unemployment Rate series is the percentage of the labor force that is unemployed; this figure is easily understood from the headline number. The November unemployment rate is 6.7 percent. For nonfarm payrolls (often reported as the number of jobs gained or lost), the number is better understood as a change from the previous month. In October, 136,700,000 persons were employed but in November the number dropped to 136,167,000—a loss of 533,000 jobs. FRED shows the data as the month-over-month change in employment. The change—gain or loss of jobs—is an important indicator in the labor market and is closely watched by analysts.
The BLS also issues the
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment report. These
data are available from FRED and in
map form from GEOFRED.
The most comprehensive and accurate regional labor data are provided by the BLS’s
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. These data are available only with a very long lag time: six to nine months after the fact. Thus, even though they are important data, they are not very current.
U.S. Financial Data
Charts and tables illustrating weekly monetary and reserve aggregates, selected interest rates, commercial bank loans and more.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
U.S. Economic Data
Provides a weekly updated slide show of the U.S. Economy, as well as many links to economic indicators and other U.S. economic resources.
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Payment Cards Center Data Dictionary
This source provides information on relevant payment industry statistics to those interested in the payment card industry. Statistics about: credit cards, debit cards, ATMs, and consumer credit are described in the dictionary.
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Data
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Data
Provides access to data used in publications from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
Congressional Research Services
Retirement Savings and Household Wealth in 2007
This report, by Patrick Purcell, a specialist in income security at the Congressional Research Service, summarizes data on retirement savings accounts and household wealth from the Federal Reserve’s 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances.
Employee Benefit Research Institute
EBRI Databook on Employee Benefits
This frequently updated book contains data from multiple sources covering a broad range of retirement benefit topics.
Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
FedStats
The FedStats web site, maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, offers links to the web sites of over 70 federal statistical agencies. If you want to get a quick overview of what federal agencies provide what kinds of data, come here.
Federal Reserve System Board of Governors
Consumer Credit
Total consumer credit outstanding is the total amount of money owed by all U.S. consumers on all credit cards (revolving credit) plus the total amount of money owed by all U.S. consumers on automobile loans and all other loans not included in revolving credit, such as loans for mobile homes, education, boats, trailers, or vacations (nonrevolving credit), excluding real estate loans.
The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF)
The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is conducted every three years to provide detailed information on the finances of U.S. families.
Internal Revenue Service
Statistics of Income
Statistics of Income program (SOI) produces data files compiled from tax and information returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service. This website provides information on the following topics: Corporations, Employment Taxes, Estates / Wealth / Gifts, Excise Taxes, Exempts / Employee Plans Individuals, International, Partnerships, Sole Proprietorships etc.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
The 2009 MetLife Study of the American Dream
How has the economic crisis affected the American dream? Have American behavior and values shifted in the past year? This study surveyed a cross-section of U.S. adults, in all generations and ethnic groups, to find out how lives have changed—and how the American dream itself has changed—in the past year.
Office of Management and Budget
Schedule of Release Dates for Principal Federal Economic Indicators for 2008
Maintained by the Office of Management and Budget.
University of Arkansas
Geospatial and Attribute Data - National aggregates
The University of Arkansas's guide to National, online and "mostly free" Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data. A GIS is a computer system capable of capturing, storing, analyzing, and displaying geographically referenced information; that is, data identified according to location. GIS technology can be used for scientific investigations, resource management, and development planning. For example, a GIS might allow emergency planners to easily calculate emergency response times in the event of a natural disaster.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
U.S. Economic Accounts
You can use this site to access BEA's national income account data and its publication of record, the Survey of Current Business.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics Web Site
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has a wealth of information available through its Web site. Wages, unemployment, occupation, and prices data series are available through a much improved query-based system.
U.S. Census Bureau
Bureau of the Census Web Site
The Census Bureau site will lead you to the full range of popular and obscure Census data series. The site has a comprehensive A-to-Z listing of data subjects, as well as American FactFinder and CenStats, query-based means for accessing data for your area from a variety of Census series.
Business Dynamic Statistics (BDS)
BDS is a data series that allows users to track annual changes in employment for growing and shrinking businesses at the establishment level. There are more than 6 million establishments with paid employees in the United States. The BDS tracks annual job creation and destruction at the establishment level using elements not found in similar databases, such as firm age and size.
Retail Sales Data
The November 2008 advance report for Retail and Food Service Sales was released by the Census Bureau on December 12. Retail sales are an important indicator of consumer behavior. The November sales were $355.7 billion, a decrease of 1.8 percent from the previous month and 7.4 percent below November 2007 (see the graph from our FRED database. The data are presented with the percent change from the prior month. The data are seasonally adjusted and, thus better reflect the overall behavior of consumers.
The entire Retail Sales series is available on FRED.
Notice the two separate series for quarterly retail e-commerce sales: seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted. These e-commerce sales are included in the total Retail and Food Service Sales (above), but this report provides separate information on the portion of Internet sales.
See the
full release of November Retail Sales data at the Census Bureau website.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Statistical Abstract of the United States contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included. The Abstract is also your Guide to Sources of other data from the Census Bureau, other Federal agencies, and private organizations.
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Tracking Capital Purchase Program Investments Across the Country
A map of Capital Purchase Program (TARP) investments.
Troubled Asset Relief Program Transactions Report
Most recent list of banks and other institutions that have received funds under the CPP, including data and amounts received.
Wall Street Journal
State-by-State Breakdown of TARP Funds, in billions
An interactive map showing the total amount of TARP funds each state has received. Also provides a list of all participating companies and amount of capital allotted to each.
