This 103-page document covers the wholesale trade in Vermont, as reported by the 1997 Economic Census.

On November 19, the Census Bureau released a report that combines "a wide range of sample survey and census data on demographic, social and economic trends for the nation." The report draws on a variety of recent Census Bureau reports, including the Current Population Survey, the Survey of Income and Program Participation, the Housing Vacancy Survey, and independent population estimates and...

Using US Census Bureau data, Wilfred T. Masumura's report Income, 1993 to 1994 indicates that the state of the economy is a not the only determinate of economic well-being. Other factors include household size and composition. Over-all, Masumura found that more people experienced income increases than decreases, at 41 percent and 37 percent respectively.

Offering the "assessments and recommendation of the 2000 OECD Economic Survey of the United States," this eight-page policy brief from the OECD presents an excellent overview of the status of the US economy. This document aims to answer eight main questions including, "Is the US economy on a higher growth path?" "What are the sources of tension in the economy?" "What monetary policy stance is...

The Economic Research Service (ERS) is one of four agencies in the Research, Education, and Economics (REE) Mission Area of the US Department of Agriculture addressing issues of efficiency, efficacy and equity in agriculture and rural development. Recently, ERS has relaunched their site, emphasizing ease of accessibility to publications such as research reports, periodicals, maps, photos and fact...

Released Monday, this Census Bureau report provides data on state and local spending for 1999. The data are available as Excel tables and self-extracting .zip files (non-delimited, comma delimited, and coefficients of variation, comma delimited) and cover four main areas of finances: revenue, expenditures, debt, and assets. Revenues are detailed by type and source, and expenditures by function....

Released last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS), "Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2000," also uses data from the CPS. The report finds that, in 2000, median weekly earnings for women were 76 percent of those for their male counterparts, a gap that varies considerably by demographic group and state.

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (discussed in the September 22, 1995 Scout Report) offers a Macrohistory Database of 3500 monthly, quarterly, and annual economic time series on pre-WWI and interwar economies in addition to their other historical data sets and working papers. Fifteen Macrohistory chapters cover United States production, construction, employment, money, prices, asset...

In August, the US Census Bureau released newly-compiled data on income and poverty as part of the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program. The aim of the program is to provide more current estimates of selected income and poverty statistics than the most recent decennial census by using data from states, counties, and school districts. The newest data tables online from SAIPE are...

The June 2000 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment from the BLS show virtually no change from May 2000. Forty-five states registered employment shifts less than 0.3 percent. The national jobless rate remained at 4.0 percent.