Subject Resources -- U.S. Economic Indicators
The librarian for this subject is
Ms. Bennie P. Robinson.
Email: bpr@uakron.edu
Some of the databases listed on this page are for University of Akron students, faculty and staff only.
For detailed information on connecting from off-campus, see:
Connecting to Online Resources.
- Darnay, Arsen J. Economic Indicators Handbook (Bierce Reference HC 103 .E26 2000)
- Presents a wide range of statistical series used to measure the economy of the U.S. including national income the product account, gross national product, consumer price index for 26 cities.
- Growth Projections for the Sectors of the U.S. Economy: 1990-2010 (National Economic Projections Series) (Bierce Reference HC 101 .N3115 no. 89-N-3)
- Includes growth outlook update, output, employment, output per worker, and earnings.
- Guide to Economic Indicators (Bierce Reference HC 103 .F9 2000)
- This guide explains the basics of seventy statistical measures of the U.S. economy giving explanations and uses.
- Handbook of United States Economic and Financial Indicators (Bierce Reference HC 103 .E26 2000)
- North American Outlook 2002/2003 (Bierce Reference HC 106.8 N67 2002/2003)
- Regional Economic Growth in the United States: Projections for 2001-2025 (Bierce Reference HC 101 .N36 2001)
- Standard & Poor’s. NetAdvantage
- "Economic Insight" has commentary on specific areas of the economy such as growth, inflation, monetary policy, government spending from an investor’s perspective. There is also "Trends & Projections."
The UL Libraries Catalog / OhioLINK / WorldCAT
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Articles appear in periodicals (published journals, magazines, and newspapers). Magazines and newspapers are quality sources for up-to-date information and news, and journals provide peer-reviewed research.
There are no articles in the UL Libraries Catalog or OhioLINK. However, the library's periodical indexes, abstracts, and databases provide your most extensive access to articles. In some cases, the databases will include a link to the full text of an article. When no full text is provided, check the library's holdings for print copies of the cited periodical.
The following are selected periodical resources most appropriate for researching topics in Communication.
Indexes, Abstracts, and Databases
- Academic Search Complete
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Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
- American Statistics Index (Bierce Government Documents Table Z7554 .U5 A46)
- The statistics are focused on the United States.
- Business and Industry
- Business and Industry is no longer updated; the 1994-2006 material will remain in place indefinitely. You may wish to search: Business Source Complete.
- Business Source Complete
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This is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full-text content. Business Source Complete contains far more active, peer-reviewed, business related journals than any other database currently available. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals.
- Econlit
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EconLit, published by the American Economic Association, provides bibliographic coverage of a wide range of economics-related literature. An expanded version of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) indexes of journals, books, and dissertations, EconLit covers both economic theory and application. Literature covered is of interest to researchers, academics, product managers, advertisers, product development specialists, and public policy professionals. EconLit includes information that is of prime relevance to many industries and research establishments world-wide. Over 80% of all current records include abstracts. Also included are fulltext of book reviews published in the Journal of Economic Literature since 1993.
- LexisNexis Academic
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Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information. Includes or has links to full text.
- MARCIVE
- Index to government resources from 1976 to present.
- Newspaper Source
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Newspaper Source contains selected full text for 245 regional U.S. newspapers, eighteen international newspapers, six newswires, nine newspaper columns, and cover-to-cover full text for The Christian Science Monitor and The Los Angeles Times. This database also contains indexing and abstracts for four national newspapers.
- PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service
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Index and abstracts of articles, books, government documents, and other literature on public affairs. Includes or has links to full text.
- STAT-USA
- Under State of the Nation, there are financial releases and economic data such as unemployment insurance claims and foreign exchange rates.
Print Indexes and Abstracts
- American Statistics Index
- indexes social, economic, and demographic data. (Bierce Government Documents Reference Table Z7554 .U5 A46)
- Journal of Economic Literature
- See also ECONLIT for an expanded electronic version of this source.
Periodicals
This is a selected list of journals in Economics to which the UA Libraries subscribes or provides online access.
- Beige Book (Current Economic Conditions)
- Reports from all twelve Federal Reserve Districts summarize and forecast economic conditions.
- Economic Trends (Federal Reserve Board of Cleveland)
- Federal Reserve Bulletin
- Includes information on bank loans, consumer installment credit, consumer price index, employment, flow of funds, housing starts, interest rates.
- Monthly Labor Review
- Provides information on labor trends, major agreements expiring next month, industry output, and statistics on employment and earnings, and unemployment.
- Survey of Current Business (monthly)
- This source is a compilation that includes: national income and product account, corporate profits by industry, personal savings rate, and consumer price index.
- Treasury Bulletin
- Includes the profile of the economy, federal debt, public debt operations, and capital movements
Finding Full-Text Journals Online
- Budget of the United States Government (Government Documents PREX 2.8)
- contains the President's budget proposals including the condition of the Treasury for the previous year, the estimate of the Treasury for the current year and the estimated condition for the next fiscal year
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- includes Gross Domestic Product, personal income and spending.
- CPI Detailed Report (Government Documents L 2.38/3)
- includes percent changes in the Consumer Price Index for food, housing, apparel, medical care, education, communication, etc.
- Economic Indicators (Government Documents Y.4.Ec 7:Ec7/)
- covers data on GDP, personal consumption expenditures, gross private investment, exports, imports, and government consumption expenditures.
- Economic Report of the President (Government Documents PR 41.9:)
- gives an overview and explanation of the U.S. economy and includes many statistical tables on income, employment, and production.
- Employment and Earnings
- (Bierce Gov't Document L 2.41/2:) includes data on employment status of civilian population by sex and age, characteristics of employment and unemployment, and labor force by state and metropolitan area.
- General Economic Indicators (from STAT-USA)
- Gross State Product
- includes a breakdown by state or region, industry, and years.
- Mass Layoff Statistics
- collects data on announced worker layoffs from their jobs.
- Producer Price Indexes
- (Bierce Government Doc L 2.61:)
- Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims
- Data are used in analyzing and gauging labor market conditions. Unemployment claims are broken down by state or at the national level covering the years 1967 to present.
- B & E DataLinks (American Statistics Association)
- includes links to sites on macroeconomics, microeconometrics, labor, and business datasets with ratings of sites.
- Bankruptcy Statistics
- Bankruptcy statistics from U.S. Courts.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Includes CPI, unemployment rate, and U.S. economy at a glance
- Conference Board
- includes information on "Help-Wanted Advertising Index, " "Consumer Confidence, " economic research, economic outlook, and index of leading economic indicators.
- Current Employment Statistics
- Economic Briefing Room
- (from the Bureau of the Census) includes information on housing starts, manufacturing, trade, wholesale, and construction with links to the Economic Indicator Calendar.
- Economic Indicators.gov
- Economic Indicators.gov provides access to daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Bureau of the Census including GDP, construction, and manufacturing.
- Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Federal Reserve Banks of Kansas City
- Federal Reserve Board
- Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
- reports on the economy covering information from corporate purchasing managers from the manufacturing sector including a semiannual economic forecast.
- U.S. Census Bureau
- includes retail sales, e-commerce, durable good orders, and economic census on manufacturing statistics.
- What Was the GDP Then? Economic History Resources
- Annual series on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 1789 to the present.
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