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Selected Resources for Business and Economic Statistics
Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Desk
Library Hours
Telephone: 808-956-7214
Library contact for business
David Flynn / 808-956-2621 / david.flynn@hawaii.edu
Hamilton Library
2550 McCarthy Mall
Honolulu, HI 96822
Business & Government Section of American Factfinder
Select Business & Government. Change the geography to Hawaii for number of establishments, employees, payroll, etc. Also find state export data and state revenues.
Economic Census, Hawaii
Hawaii section for Economic Census. "The Economic Census profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level."
EconData
Links to more than 550 sources of U.S. regional, state, and local socioeconomic data.
FedStats
"...provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic. With convenient searching and linking capablilties to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more, FedStats is your one location for access to the full breadth of Federal statistical information."
FRED: an Economic Time Series Database
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
FRASER: Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
Historical statistics complementing FRED
Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Licensed for UHM use only
Euromonitor International's GMID is an integrated product for business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. Includes hard-to-find demographic, economic and marketing statistics, as well as lifestyle and market analysis.
NOTE: This resource is restricted for use by UH Manoa students, faculty and staff. You will be prompted to log in to your Library account before proceeding to the resource. Once you have connected to GMID, you will need to create a personal account with Euromonitor. Your personal Euromonitor account will be used each time you access GMID.
Hawaii Community Profiles
Compiled by the Hawai`i Business Research Library (HBRL) from data at the U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 Summary File 1 (Profile of General Demographic Characteristics) and 2000 Summary File 3 (Profiles of Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics).
International Financial Statistics Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Historical financial and economic data for IMF member countries. Time series data from 1948. Includes data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts.
LexisNexis Statistical Universe
Licensed for UHM use only
Easy access to statistics produced by federal agencies, states, and intergovernmental organizations with advanced PowerTables™ functionality.
National Trade Data Bank via STAT-USA
Licensed for UHM use only
Index of over 120,000 documents from 15 Federal agencies. Includes full-text of market research reports, domestic and foreign economic data, import/export statistics, time series, trade information and regulations and country studies.
Native Hawaiian Databook
"...official summary of statistics on the social, economic, and political organization of our state...also includes resource lists for education, health, human services, and economic development, and GIS maps to illustrate the demographic distribution of the Native Hawaiian population in the state of Hawai'i."
Retail Trade Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau. Annual Retail Trade Survey.
State of Hawaii Data Book
"...official summary of statistics on the social, economic, and political organization of our state." 2000-present.
State of Hawaii Census and Population (DBEDT)
Customized links to Hawaii profiles for American Community Survey, Economic Census and more.
Statistical Resources on the Web
from the University of Michigan Documents Center.
STAT-USA
Licensed for UHM use only
Index of over 120,000 documents from 15 Federal agencies. Includes full-text of market research reports, domestic and foreign economic data, import/export statistics, time series, trade information and regulations and country studies.
GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) offers daily trade leads from the Trade Opportunities Program (TOPS), as well as the Department of Agriculture. GLOBUS also offers daily procurement activity from the Defense Logistics Agency, the United Nations, and the Commerce Business Daily leads.
The NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) provides access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports and other programs. The International Trade Library is a comprehensive collection of over 40,000 documents related to international trade. All are full text searchable, as well as keyword searchable by country or product.
The State of the Nation Library now includes Travel & Tourism Statistics from the International Trade Administration’s Office of Travel & Tourism. This new set of data tracks arrivals and departures to and from the United States, as well as market profiles based on country of origin and overseas visitors.
UN Comtrade (United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database)
Licensed for UHM use only
Official source for imports, exports, re-imports and re-exports for 90% of world trade. Data for over 140 reporter countries detailed by commodity and partner country.
UNData (replaces UN Common Database 2008)
Free web access
"...find official statistics produced by countries and compiled by United Nations data system, as well as estimates and projections. The domains covered are agriculture, education, energy, industry, labour, national accounts, population and tourism."
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
GDP, National Accounts, Industry Data, International Trade and Investment Data, Regional Estimates.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
"...principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics."
U.S. Census: 2002 Economic Census Data
"Economic Census profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level."
U.S. Census: 2002 Economic Census - Hawaii
Most recent is 2002. Hawaii Report of Economic Census.
World Development Indicators Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Provides direct access to more than 550 development indicators, with time series data (1960 to present) for more than 200 countries and 18 country groupings. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Updated monthly. Export to Excel and CSV.
Last modified: October 1, 2008 (David Flynn david.flynn@hawaii.edu)