Research Subject Guides: Federal Government : Business/Economy

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Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
Provides links to the Federal Reserve Bulletin as well as a broad range of research and economic data.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Provides economic accounts data at the national, international, industrial, and regional level.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
An extensive site providing links to publications, databases, statistics, calculators, and economic releases.

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Subjects covered include: inflation and prices, spending and time use, unemployment, employment, pay and benefits, productivity, workplace injuries, and international labor materials.
Department of Commerce
Select the Data and Reports pages,
Department of Labor Statistics pages
International Trade Administration (ITA)
Securities and Exchange Commission
Select the "We Do Data" area for statistics and datasets.
Small Business Administration (SBA)
The site offers extensive documentation on the "how-to's" of starting and financing a small business.
Treasury Department

Economic Report of the President, 1947 to present
Available through FRASER, the Federal Reserve Archive.
Economic Report of the President, 1995 to present
Available through GovInfo, the Government Printing Office permanent archive.
Economic Indicators, April 1995 to present
Prepared for the use of the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisors.
Budget of the United States Government, FY 1996 to present
Monthly Labor Review online
Includes articles as well as current labor statistics and historical data.
Employment and Earnings online
Archival data available.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Standard work for exploring occupations and their characteristics and training requirements.
Survey of Current Business
Articles and data.

Census Bureau Economic Statistics
Includes data on manufacturing, retail and wholesale trade, construction, governments, services, and other sectors.
FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)
FRASER provides scanned copies of historical economic statistical publications.
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Database of economic time series data, both domestic and international.
ALFRED (Archival Federal Reserve Economic Data)
As described by the Federal Reserve, ALFRED "allows you to retrieve vintage version of economic data that were available on specific dates in history."
Business Dynamics Statistics Explorer (Census Bureau)
EDGAR
Company filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
BLS Databases, Tables, and Calculators by Subject (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Includes materials on employment, unemployment, prices and inflation, productivity, and pay and benefits, and workplace injuries. Also international comparative data.
Bureau of Economic Analysis Interactive Data Tables
Legacy data tables also available at the same site.
Treasury Department
Select the data link from the home page.

For additional business or economics databases, see the Research Subject Guides for Business and Economics.

Economist
Weekly international news and business publication. The online edition features content from 1997 to the present.
Edited in London since 1843, The Economist is a weekly international news and business publication, offering clear reporting, commentary and analysis on world current affairs, business, finance, science and technology, culture, society, media and the arts. The online edition features content from 1997 to the present.
Audio and apps are not included in Northeastern's subscription.
Financial Times
London-based and international in scope, with extensive business, marketing, economic, political, news and trends worldwide. Also hosts subject-focused newsletters, podcasts, and live conferences. Access to the Financial Times requires registration with a Northeastern or NU London email address.
Northeasterns subscription includes both the International and UK editions.
Wall Street Journal
Leading economic, business, finance, and political news, information, commentary and analysis. For historic WSJ content dating back to 1985, please use Factiva (Opens in new window). Individual registration using a Northeastern email address is required.