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General U.S. Data Int'l Data

It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgement.

— Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlett

Economics 302: Macroeconomic Analysis

United States Macroeconomic Data

Current Statistics:

U.S. Economy at a Glance, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Economic Statistics Briefing Room, The White House

General Collections:

Federal Reserve Economic Data, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Statistical Tables from the Economic Report of the President, Council of Economic Advisors
U.S Macro & Regional Data, Resources for Economists

Specialized Collections:

National Bureau of Economic Research:

Federal Reserve Board Statistical Releases
Robert Gordon's Historical Annual U.S. Macroeconomic Data: EViews format

National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA):

Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce:

National Accounts Data
Interactive access to NIPA data tables, with download options.
Index to the NIPA Tables
Guide to the National Income and Product Accounts of the U.S. [PDF]

Congressional Budget Office:

Real Potential Gross Domestic Product (courtesy St. Louis Fed, FRED)

Aggregate Price Level and Inflation:

Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce: GDP Deflator
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor:

Productivity and Capacity:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor:

Federal Reserve Board: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization

Consumption and Saving:

Consumer Expenditure Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Surveys of Consumers, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (Note: requires an e-mail address to register)

Open Economy:

International Trade Commission:

Interactive Tariff and Trade Data Web

Federal Reserve Board: Historical Foreign Exchange Rates
PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service

Labor Market:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor:

Current Population Survey: Unemployment Rates (Household Survey)
Current Employment Statistics: Total Employment (Establishment Survey)

Interest Rates:

Selected Interest Rates: Federal Reserve Board
Yield Curve Measures:

SmartMoney.com: The Living Yield Curve
StockCharts.com: Dynamic Yield Curve

Money and Banking:

Federal Reserve Board:

Monetary Aggregates: Federal Reserve Economic Data, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Miscellaneous Data Sources:

Statistical Resources on the Web, University of Michigan Library
WebEc: Economics Data