Economy of the United States: Websites

Provides statistics on GDP by industry or region, and input-output accounts of the U.S. economy.

Nice chart of major economic categories with current numbers, plus links to see more detail

Includes basic statistics for a wide range of economic indicators. Historical statistics are available.

Site includes Consumer Price Index (CPI), Producer Price Index (PPI), employment, unemployment, productivity, and more.

Profiles U.S. national and local economies every 5 years

Provides historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates, and regional economic data.

Economic indicators, population statistics, environmental data, etc.

Bullet points of recent Presidential actions regarding the economy. Provides links for more details

An annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. It overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive data appendices. Link contains both historical and current reports.

a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. Other related and supporting budget publications are included, which may vary from year to year. Provides links to both current and previous years.

Frequency: Monthly, with revisions
A report of the dollar value of sales of a broad range of goods, from cars and gasoline to furniture, food services, and clothing.

frequency: monthly, with revisions
A measure of the number of orders for a broad range of products

Frequency: monthly
produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.

Frequency: monthly
measures the dollar value of new construction activity: residential, nonresidential, and public.

Frequency: Quarterly
a measurement of net U.S. trade in merchandise, services, and certain financial transactions

Frequency: quarterly, with revisions
a comprehensive measure of the economic health of the nation. It represents the total value of the country's production

Frequency: Monthly
This report comprises the dollar level of new orders for manufactured durable goods and nondurable goods.

Frequency: Monthly
Also known as "business inventories," this is a report of the dollar value of product inventories held by manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers.

Frequency: Monthly
A report of the number of newly constructed homes with a committed sale during the month.

Frequency: monthly
This report comprises data on the construction of private residential structures, such as single-family homes and apartment buildings.

Frequency: Monthly, with revisions
A report of the income that households receive from all sources. It also includes data on personal spending for durable goods and nondurable goods and services.

Frequency: monthly
measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.

Frequency: monthly
BEA’s definitive source of information about its economic accounts. Articles in the Survey present the latest national, international, regional, and industry estimates

Frequency: Monthly, with revisions
A report of the difference between the dollar value of exports and imports. This link provides balance by country.

A report of the difference between the dollar value of exports and imports- overall (not by country)

Frequency: Monthly
A report of the tally of sales and inventories of U.S. merchant wholesalers