+ STAT-USA (U.S. Department of Commerce)

Through this location, Commerce makes available the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), described elsewhere in this guide, the National Economic, Social and Environmental Data Bank (NESE-DB), which contains a surprisingly small amount of economic information (such as quotations on some U.S. Government securities, information on the fixed wealth of the U.S. (including by industry), industry profiles, options for reducing the deficit, the U.S. industrial outlook, and some data from the Regional Economic Information System).

One can also find extensive information from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, such as press releases, the Survey of Current Business, National Income and Product Accounts, and a great deal of other data.

To access this information via the web (much of it is freely available via gopher and ftp, but it appears that most of the BEA data is only available on the web site), you must register and pay a fee. Three months of unlimited access costs 8.35. They also offer unlimited access for one year at 360.

One very useful item is extensive information on the federal budget (it includes both historical and forecasted data). It is freely availble.

• ftp://ftp.stat-usa.gov
• http://www.stat-usa.gov
• gopher://gopher.stat-usa.gov
• Gopher:
  • direct: gopher://gopher.stat-usa.gov
  • indirect: USA/Washington, DC/U.S. Commerce Department's Economics and Statistics Administration Gopher
  • bookmark: Type=1+ Name=U.S. Commerce Department's Economics and Statistics Administration Gopher Path= Host=gopher.stat-usa.gov Port=70 Admin= ModDate= URL: gopher://gopher.stat-usa.gov:70/1/