Subject Guides: Accounting, Business, Economics, & Finance Subject Guide: Statistical Sources

Statistical Sources

BigCharts
A open-access resource. Comprehensive and easy-to-use investment research web site, providing access to professional-level research tools such as interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis and intraday stock screeners, as well as market news and commentary.
Economic Indicators (Council of Economic Advisers)
U.S. Government Printing Office; prepared for the Joint Committee on the Economic Report by the Council of Economic Advisers and printed for the use of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report.
FRED Federal Reserve Economic Data
Download, graph, and track 590,000 US and international time series from 87 sources.
Industries at a Glance
BLS data for most major industries, arranged by NAICS.
Mergent Archives
Historical archive of annual report summaries dating from 1909-2018.
Penn World Tables
The University of Groningen maintains the Penn World Table (PWT), a widely used data set for international comparisons containing consistent measures of economic aggregates and prices across nations and over time.
Pennsylvania State Data Center
Official source of demographic and economic data for Pennsylvania.
Pew Internet
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.
U.S. Census Economic Indicators
A variety of economic time series.

Value Line This link opens in a new window
Provides information on U.S. companies that sell stock. Information includes graphs, charts, ratings, and peer group analysis.

Prices and Wages by Decade (Univ. of Missouri)
An external Libguide that points to prices and wages found in primary sources for each decade back to the 1700s.
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Our preference is government sources though we also use commercial catalogs, travel guides, newspapers, etc. We point only to publications that are freely available online, and make extensive use of the HathiTrust Digital Library, the FRASER® digital library and the Internet Archive. The website is managed by Marie Concannon of the University of Missouri Library's Government Information Department.