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Proceedings of the 9th Annual
Federal Depository Library Conference

October 22 - 25, 2000

Cover/Title Page | Table of Contents | Agenda

Finding Government Economic Statistics

Deborah Klein
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington, DC

Overview
  • U.S. statistical system
  • Demographic data
  • Industry statistics
  • Economic indicators
  • Prices and Inflation
  • Measures of compensation
  • Forecasts and projections
  • International comparisons
  • Finding economic data

Why do you need them?
  • Accurate
  • Timely
  • Authoritative

U.S. Statistical System
  • Decentralized
  • Key agencies for economic statistics
  • Specialized agencies

http://stats.bls.gov/oreother.htm

Demographic Data
  • Population (and housing) Census

http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/pdf/d61a.pdf
  • Every decade since 1790
  • Necessary for detailed geographic data
  • Intercensal surveys
    - CPS

http://www.bls.gov/cpshome.htm

http://stats.bls.gov/csxovr.htm

Industry Statistics
  • Economic Census

http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97/us/US000.HTM
  • NAICS vs. SIC

http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97brdg/

http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics/

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Economic Indicators
  • National Accounts/GDP

http://www1.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/output/html

http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/an/0398niw/maintext.htm
  • Employment, hours, earnings

http://146.142.4.24/cgi-bin/surveymost?ee
  • FED Beige Book

http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/FOMC/BeigeBook/2000/
  • Productivity

http://stats.bls.gov/lprhome.htm
  • Other indicators

http://www1.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/production.html

http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/releases/G17/Current/

Prices and Inflation
  • CPI

http://stats.bls.gov/cpifact8.htm
  • Other inflation measures

http://stats.bls.gov/wh/ectbrief.htm

Measures of Compensation
  • Wages and Benefits

http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/ebs3.t01.htm

http://stats.bls.gov/comhome.htm
  • Occupational and area differences

http://stats.bls.gov/oes/national/oes_prof.htm

http://stats.bls.gov/oes/national/oes31502.htm

http://stats.bls.gov/soc/soc_home.htm

Forecasts and Projections (including private sector sources)
  • Conference Board: leading economic indicators

http://www.conference-board.org/products/frames.cfm?main=lei1.cfm
  • NBER: business cycles

http://www.nber.org/cycles.html
  • BLS: projections of occupations and demand for skills

http://stats.bls.gov/asp/oep/noeted/empoptd.asp

http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm

International Comparisons
  • BLS

http://stats.bls.gov/flsdata.htm

http://stats.bls.gov/oreother.htm
  • IMF

http://dsbb.imf.org/country.htm

Finding economic data

  • Statistical Abstract

http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
  • FedStats

http://www.fedstats.gov/
  • Economic Report of the President

http://w3.access.gpo.gov/eop/
  • Economic Briefing Room

http://www1.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

 

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