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SFSU Database

Stat-USA. (SFSU users only)
"STAT-USA/Internet, a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government." Gateway to two major sets of data: State of the Nation [current and historical economic and financial data on the U.S. economy] and GLOBUS & NTDB [current and historical trade-related data, international market research, trade opportunities, country analysis, and the ITA trade library].

*NEW* Travel & Tourism Statistics from the International Trade Administration's Office of Travel & Tourism. See the State of the Nation Library.

SFSU Database

TableBase. (SFSU users only)
Part of the Business Reference Suite database. Search for statistical tables in business literature since 1994 by keywords, document types, NAICS/Product codes, or geographical coverage.

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2002 Economic Census (U.S. Census Bureau)

“The Economic Census profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level.”

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Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). “The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.”  Produces the Consumer Price Index (CPI). SFSU has Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletins from 1895.

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Economic Report of the President includes:

• Current and foreseeable trends and annual numerical goals concerning topics such as employment, production, real income and Federal budget outlays.
• Employment objectives for significant groups of the labor force.
• Annual numeric goals.
• A program for carrying out program objectives.

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FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

“…a database of over 13,000 U.S. economic time series. With FRED® you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.”

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ALFRED (ArchivaL Federal Reserve Economic Data)

“ALFRED® allows you to retrieve vintage versions of economic data that were available on specific dates in history.”

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FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)

“On this web site you will find links to scanned images (in Adobe^® Acrobat^® PDF format) of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.”

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GeoFRED “enables users to create thematic maps of U.S. economic data by state, county or metropolitan statistical area.”

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County Business Patterns “covers most of the country`s economic activity. Businesses use the data for analyzing market potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales and advertising programs, setting sales quotas, and developing budgets. Government agencies use the data for administration and planning.”