Economics: Federal Agencies

• Legislative branch
  • Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
    produces "independent analyses of budgetary and economic issues to support the Congressional budget process".
  • Sources of Congressional Research Service Reports.
    The CRS "provides comprehensive research and analysis on all legislative and oversight issues of interest to Congress".
  • Government Accountability Office (GAO)
    "the U.S. government's audit institution"
• Department of Agriculture
  • Food and Nutrition Service (SNAP, WIC, etc.)
  • Economic Research Service (ERS)
  • National Agricultural Statistics Service
• Department of Commerce
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
    "produces economic accounts statistics that enable government and business decision–makers, researchers, and the American public to follow and understand the performance of the Nation's economy."
  • Census Bureau
    "provides data about the nation's people and economy."
• Federal Reserve
  "the central bank of the United States. It formulates and administers credit and monetary policy."
  • Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
  • FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
    "Download, graph, and track 672,000 US and international time series from 89 sources."
  • FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, "a digital library of U.S. economic, financial, and banking history—particularly the history of the Federal Reserve System."
• Department of Health and Human Services
  • Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
  • National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Department of Labor
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
    "measures labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy."
• Department of the Treasury
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

For other major federal statistical agencies, use the Obama-era Principal Statistical Agencies and Recognized Units. Statistical Programs of the United States Government, 2017, may also be of value.

A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies