cber.co uses the following resources to report on the U.S. economy. These U.S. resources provide information about everything from interest rates to average gasoline prices.
- Association of General Contractors – construction data and a national overview of the industry (on the website look for construction economics).
- Bureau of Economic Analysis – GDP, personal and per capita income data.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics – employment, unemployment, consumer price index.
- Census Bureau – population, demographics, retail sales, construction data.
- Center on Education and the Workforce – Academic center at Georgetown that conducts research on workforce development.
- Department of Agriculture – the USDA provides information about the nation’s agricultural industry. Look in the outreach section.
- Energy Information Administration – Find gas prices, energy forecasts, and other related data.
- Federal Reserve System – interest rates and economic policy.
- Federal Reserve Economic Data/FRED – consumer credit, interest rates, industrial production data.
- Headwaters Economics – organization in Montana that conducts research on topics relevant to the Western U.S.
- Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness – Michael Porter heads up this institute at Harvard that is recognized for its research in competitiveness.
- Texas A&M University Real Estate Center – Source for national and state building permits (TAMU provides data in a more user- friendly manner that the Census website.)