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The Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) releases 12 monthly and quarterly Principal Federal Economic Indicators collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).

Contains Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Personal Income and Outlays, Corporate Profits, Government Current Receipts and Expenditures.

Contains data on employment and unemployment, inflation and prices, pay and benefits, spending and time use, productivity and workplace injuries.

The Economic Census is the U.S. Government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy. It is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, and response is required by law.

Contains current releases and historic time series for the following indicators: New Residential Construction, Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales, Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services, Monthly Wholesale Trade, U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, Manufacturers’ Shipments Inventories and Orders, Construction Spending, Advance U.S. International Trade in Goods, Homeownership Rate, Rental Vacancy Rate, Advance Report on Durable Goods, New Residential Sales, Quarterly Retail Trade Report, Quarterly Manufacturing Report, and Quarterly Services Survey.

Contains information on monetary policy, banking regulations, financial information for consumers, and working papers on a broad range of topics in economics and finance.

The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. It was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It is independent, impartial and not tied to any special interests.

International Trade and Investment Country Facts provides statistics on trade and investment between the United States and another country. A world map makes it easy to access country factsheets containing charts that can be printed or downloaded to a spreadsheet. The new data tool pulls statistics from BEA’s international data sets on exports, imports, direct investment, and the activities of multinational enterprises.

Detailed statistics on the European Union (EU) and candidate countries, and various statistical publications for sale.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)   website is a rich source of economic data, research reports and working papers.