Internet Links - Business & Economy

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Economic Statistics

Consumer Price Index Page from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumer Price Index - For 2008, the CPI will be updated on January 16, Feb., 20, March 14, April 16, May 14, June 13, July 16, August 14, September 16, October 16, November 19, December 16 and January 16, 2009.
How to figure the inflation rate
Annual Averages and Rate of Inflation for Years 1913-current
Value of a dollar web site - From the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Prime Rate from 1929-current
How Much is That? - This site includes purchasing power of the US Dollar and British Pound from the 1600's to the present, inflation rates for the United States and Great Britain from the 1600's to the present and various other historical economic statistics.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development - The OECD website includes economic statistics of their member countries.

2002 Economic Census for Kentucky
County Business Patterns for Kentucky
ArchivaL Federal Reserve Economic Data - (ALFRED™) - "Using ALFRED™ you can retrieve vintage versions of data that were available on specific dates in history. In general, economic data for past observation periods are revised as more accurate estimates become available. As a result, previous vintages of data can be superceded and may no longer be available from various data sources. Currently, vintage data are available for 150 series in 4 FRED categories:"
Federal Reserve of St. Louis Regional Economic Data (FRED) - FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) is a database of over 2900 U.S. economic time series. With FRED you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.
Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASIER) - "The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research is the newest project by the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to expand on its mission to provide economic information and data to researchers interested in the U.S. economy. On this web site you will find links to scanned images (in Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format) of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents."

Annual Poverty Guidelines - Poverty Guidelines are published every year in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health & Human Services.
Income & Poverty Data - Links of income and poverty data from the Kentucky State Data Center.

Economic Indicators - "Available from April 1995 forward, this monthly compilation is prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisors and provides economic information on prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance."
Economic Report of the President - "The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. It overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive data appendices. The Economic Report of the President is transmitted to Congress no later than ten days after the submission of the Budget of the United States Government. Supplementary reports can be issued to the Congress which contain additional and/or revised recommendations. Documents are available in ASCII text and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), with many of the tables also available for separate viewing and downloading as spreadsheets in xls and comma delimited formats."

Kentucky Unemployment Statistics - Workforce Kentucky provides unemployment statistics for both the state and county levels. Archived news releases are also available
National Unemployment Statistics - The United States Department of Labor publishes national unemployment statistics monthly.

Last Updated: 02/29/2008