Business & Accounting Research Guide

Provides monthly economic information on prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance.

The economic census profiles U.S. national and local economies every 5 years.

Statistics provided at the National, International, Regional and Industry levels.

The past 6 months' data for Unemployment Rate, Number of Jobs, Average Hourly Earnings, Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index, U.S. Import Price Index, employment Cost Index, and Productivity

The standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying industries for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data. If you need to find data on a specific industry, this resource will tell you which search terms to use.

Contains employment, earnings, safety, producer price indexes (PPI), cost and other statistics on a host of U.S. industries arranged by NAICS code or alphabetically.

Compiles an assortment of data sources on regional economic trends and industry statistics.

Interactive website designed for prospective small business owners to research the viability of starting a business in a variety of industries by region. Automatically generates reports on various industries with a wealth of statistics and data.

Growth and revenue statistics for the 5000 fastest growing American companies, sortable by state.

Consists of two surveys, the quarterly Interview Survey and the Diary Survey, that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.

A measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.

Information on the way that Americans spend their time.

Statistics on education, poverty, income, race, industries and more by region.

Collection of statistics and facts on a wide variety of topics, including: media and technology usage, religion, consumer habits, political topics, and social trends.