Business and Economic Resources:
Publications and Reports

• Beige Book (Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District)
  • The Beige Book is a summary of anecdotal information on current economic conditions each Federal Reserve District obtained through reports from bank and branch directors and interviews with key businessmen, economists, market experts, and other sources.
  • 1996-Present (scroll down to see past years)
    
  • 1970-Present from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Economic Report of the President (1995-present)
  • "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."
• Monthly Labor Review (1981-present)
  
  • "Established in 1915, Monthly Labor Review is the principal journal of fact, analysis, and research from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an agency within the U.S. Department of Labor. Each month, economists, statisticians, and experts from the Bureau join with private sector professionals and State and local government specialists to provide a wealth of research in a wide variety of fields--the labor force, the economy, employment, inflation, productivity, occupational injuries and illnesses, wages, prices, and many more."
  • Index (1981-Present)
• National Income and Product Accounts
• National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers
  • Select the year you wish to view and then scroll down to find the report.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  • "The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.  Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations."
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly
  • Vol. 43 (1999)-Present
  • "OOQ provides practical information on jobs and careers. Articles are written in straightforward, non-technical language and cover a wide variety of career and work-related topics such as new and emerging occupations, training opportunities, salary trends, and results of new studies from the Bureau of Labor Statistics."
  • Index (Spring 1999-Present)
• Regional Economic Patterns in the United States, 1990-1999
  • This map book includes representations of data on state unemployment rates, state employment rate changes, state mass layoff statistics, county unemployment rates, county employment rate changes, county annual wage rate changes, metropolitan area occupational densities, and metropolitan occupational wages.
• Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District (Beige Book)
  • The Beige Book is a summary of anecdotal information on current economic conditions each Federal Reserve District obtained through reports from bank and branch directors and interviews with key businessmen, economists, market experts, and other sources.
  • 1996-Present (scroll down to see past years)
  • 1970-Present from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Survey of Current Business
  • 1994-Present
• Trade Policy Agenda & Annual Report of the President on the United States on the Trade Agreements Program
  • Select the year you wish to view and then scroll down to select the report.
• Treasury Bulletin (1996-present)
  
  • Contains a mix of narrative, tables, and charts related to treasury issues, federal financial operations, international statistics, liabilities, and financial commitments of the U.S. government.
• Women-Owned Business Economic Research
  • Assorted reports from the Small Business Administration related to women in business.