Economics: Statistics and Data - Regional Resources

Regional Economic Information System (REIS)
http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis/
Provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for 1969-2005. Statistics in the database include personal income and earning variables, full and part employment variables, transfer payment variables and farm income and expenses variables.

Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research (MISER)
http://www.umass.edu/miser
An interdisciplinary research institute of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at University of Massachusetts Amherst. MISER houses the State Data Center as well as the Business and Industry Data Center. Both are programs started by the U.S. Census designed to "meet the growing need by decision makers for effective use of economic statistics."

Boston College Government Documents Department
http://www.bc.edu/libraries/collections/collinfo/a-zlist/govdocs.html
Regional affiliate for the State Data Center.

Massachusetts Department of Economic Development
The Department of Economic Development's (DED) mission is to help grow and sustain the economy of Massachusetts and to ensure that this is done with regional equity. The Department is responsible for attracting, retaining, and spreading economic prosperity throughout the state.

Massachusetts Statistical Data
http://www.mass.gov/portal/index.jsp
Commonwealth of Massachusetts links to statistics from state agencies.

New England Economic Indicators
http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/neei/neei.htm
NEEI is a monthly publication of the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. It provides current and historical economic data for the six states in the first Federal Reserve District (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont), large metropolitan areas in the region, New England as a whole, and the United States. Available in PDF format from 2003 to the present. Each issue includes the latest figures for employment, hours and earnings, consumer prices, consumer confidence, construction contracts, housing permits, home sales, new business incorporations, merchandise exports, electricity sales, and state tax collections.

New England Fiscal Facts
http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/neff/neffback.htm
New England Fiscal Facts was first published in the Winter of 1991 and was discontinued with the Summer 2005 issue. Online versions are available from 2000 onward. Back issues may be ordered through a form provided on the website.

The Beige Book
http://www.federalreserve.gov/FOMC/BeigeBook/2007
Published eight times per year. Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its district through reports from bank and branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources.

Conference Board Research Online Collection [About]
The Conference Board's research online collection consists of full-text research reports on the latest issues in business managment and on U.S. and global economics. Research covers business trends, leasdership decisions, performance excellence, corporate governance, human resource management, productivity and more. Full-text coverage is from 1998 to date. Economics material includes U.S. and global economic indicators and analysis and forecasts of regional, national, and international economic conditions.

USA Counties
http://censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml
USA Counties from the Census Bureau. Useful demographic and economic information.

County Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/cbptotal.html
Annual series with a separate report for each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and a U.S. summary. Divisions of the economy covered are agricultural services, forestry, and fisheries; mining; contract construction; manufacturing; transportation and other public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 2004 is the last year this was produced in printed format.

County Business Patterns - Geostat Center - University of Virginia
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/cbp/
Provides county, state, and national level business data from 1977 to 2001. Statistics include number of establishments, payroll (annual and 1st quarter), number of employees, and number of establishments by size class for 2 digit SIC industry groupings. The data is collected annually by the Bureau of the Census.