Government Sources
Reporting on the Economy

U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Here are several Federal Government agencies which are important sources of business and economic information:

• Census Bureau
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Bureau of Economic Analysis   (including Regional Economic Accounts)
• Commerce Department
• Federal Trade Commission
• Agriculture Department
• Federal Reserve   (including Fed In Print and Beige Book)

Here is a collection of important Federal Government sources of statistical data, the most imporant of which may be the Statistical Abstract of the United State.

The two most important search tools for discovering what the Federal Government has published in recent years:

• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
• FirstGov

U.S. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Leyburn Library maintains lists of Web sites which can take you to official state government and local government sites.

But more useful for research might be the professional associations of and for those who work in state government and local government.
Please note the possibility of using the "Rollyo" search engine to search each of these groups of association Web sites.