Government Documents: Economics, Finance, and Business

USAspending is the official open data source of federal spending information.

The Spending Explorer makes it easy to understand the big picture of federal spending.

Data Lab’s mission is to promote transparency of government finances by providing engaging and informative data-driven analyses of federal spending data.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the Department of Transportation (DOT) is the preeminent source of statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics, and provides context to decision makers and the public for understanding statistics on transportation.

The Freight Analysis Framework (FAF), produced through a partnership between Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), integrates data from a variety of sources to create a comprehensive picture of freight movement among states and major metropolitan areas by all modes of transportation.

The Disaster Assistance Improvement Program’s (DAIP) mission is to provide disaster survivors with information, support, services, and a means to access and apply for disaster assistance through joint data-sharing efforts between federal, tribal, state, local, and private sector partners.

Here you will find a wide range of tables, articles, and data that describe and measure elements of the U.S. tax system.

BEA's economists produce some of the world's most closely watched statistics, including U.S. gross domestic product, better known as GDP. We do state and local numbers, too, plus foreign trade and investment stats and industry data.

Understand the Basics of Federal Finances from the U.S. Treasury Department

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonpartisan organization that facilitates cutting-edge investigation and analysis of major economic issues.

The largest open database of companies in the world.

FRED is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources.

ALFRED® allows you to retrieve vintage versions of economic data that were available on specific dates in history.