Economics Research Guide

ADP National Employment Report.  Reports on non-farm payroll, closely watched by economist, business and investment community.  ADP is the largest processor of business payroll services.

Stat-USA State of the Nation and Globus   (Government Depository account only, due to budget cuts, license requires that a librarian to log you in, please ask at the Library Research help desk)
Domestic financial and economic figures.

• General Economic Indicators (CPI, PPI, GDP, NIPA).
• Housing and Construction
• Employment
• Manufacturing and Industry (Retail sales, inventories, production, current industry reports)
• Monetary Statistics (interest rates, foreign exchange, bank credit, money stock)
• Monetary Policy (Beige Book, Treasury statements, Humphrey-Hawkins Testimony by FRB Chairman)

Federal Reserve.  Flow of Funds Accounts of the  United States
Quarterly releases, How money moves through economy.  Caution, VERY large files.

World Economic Prospects. London: Euromonitor  Retrieved October 30, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database.
Contains detailed economic activity statistics and forecasts and analysis for global, and country by country. Occasional thematic topics such as emerging markets, Eurozone etc.  I

Once connected narrow your results as in this example:

 

US Census Economic Programs
Includes The Economic Briefing Room and Indicator Release Schedule and economic data by geography, frequency and frequency

Consumer Confidence Index Conference Board
A monthly index of consumer spending.

EconomicIndicators.gov
Economics and Statistics Administration / Dept. of Commerce
Provides latest economic indicator releases with an email option to be notified of releases.

FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Database
Key economic indicators arranged in a way to quickly scan for U.S. interest rates, CPI (Consumer Price Index); PPI (Producer Price Index) GDP, and banking indicators

Financial Soundness Indicators
Developed by the IMF as indicators for financial soundness of countries.