Economic Statistics & Datasets

Oregon

• Consumer Price Index for Portland, Oregon metro area
• Oregon Economic Data & Statistics (State of Oregon. Economic & Community Development Department.)

United States

• The Beige Book (Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District), Federal Reserve Board. (1996-present)
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
• Bureau of Economic Analysis. An agency of the Dept. of Commerce. An excellent source of macroeconomic data.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Home Page.
• Business Cycle Indicators from the Conference Board.
• Congressional Budget Office
• Consumer Price Indexes: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Economic Census: Bureau of the Census site.
• Economic Indicators (1998-present) A monthly publication by the Joint Economic Committee (U.S. Congress)
• Economic Indicators.gov. Dept. of Commerce site with links to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Economic Report of the President. Annual.
• EconData.Net: More than 1,000 links to socioeconomic data sources, arranged by subject and provider.
• E-Stats: Measuring the Electronic Economy. Bureau of the Census
• Fact Sheets and Reports. From the President's council of Economic Advisers.
• FRASER: Federal Reserve Arcival System for Economic Research. Federal Reserve Board, St. Louis. Contains historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents in pdf format.
• Highway Statistics Series. U.S. Federal Highway Administration. Annual reports containing analyzed statistical data on motor fuel; motor vehicles; driver licensing; highway-user taxation; State and local government highway finance; highway mileage, and Federal aid for highways.
• Local Employment Dynamics. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Data at the county and sub-county level on employment by industry and age group. Includes Quarterly Workforce Indicators.
• National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) Tables. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
• Regional Economic Conditions. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
• State of the Cities Data Systems. U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
• USA Trade OnlineUO users only -- See Government Documents Librarian for user id and password. "The official source of US import and export statistics".
• What is a Dollar Worth? Federal Reserve Bank site that shows how to calculate the value of the dollar at a given point in the past in today's dollars, or vice versa.

Other Countries

• EuroStat: The statistical agency of the European Union.
• FAOstat: Online databases from the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Industry, Trade, and the Economy: Data and Analysis (U.S. International Trade Administration. Office of Industry Analysis)
• World Bank Data and Statistics
• World Economic Outlook Databases. International Monetary Fund.
• World Population, GDP and Per Capita GDP, 1-2006 AD (2009 update copyright Angus Maddison) Links to a file in Excel spreadsheet format.

Corporate and Industry Information

• Annual Survey of Manufactures. U.S. Bureau of the Census.
• Current Industrial Reports. U.S. Bureau of the Census.
• EDGAR Database of Corporate Information: Data on corporations from SEC filings.
• Corporate Information. A privately maintained site that provides links to Internet sources of information on companies in the U.S.A. and in other countries.

• See the Business Databases page for many more (UO-only) sources of industry and company data.