Government Documents on Economics

Economics affects our lives in many ways when we purchase goods or services at a store or online, receive a paycheck, buy or sell stock, and pay taxes. Managing economic policy is a major responsibility of local, state, national, foreign, and international government organizations. Purdue University Libraries have many government publications dealing with economics. These publications are primarily located in the MEL and HSSE Libraries. Subject headings you can use to search the Library Catalog for government documents on economics include:

Budget United States
Fiscal Policy United States
Interest Rates United States
Monetary Policy United States
Taxation United States
United States Economic Conditions
United States Economic Conditions 1981-

The principal index for locating U.S. Government documents is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36. An online version of this index covers from 1994-present. The GPO Index isa web-based version of these sources from 1976-present.

Additional indexes include the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE REF 328.73005 C76 covering current and recent congressional publications, CIS U.S. Congressional Serial Set Index 1789-1969 HSSE REF 328.73 C761c, CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1789-1909 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1990, and CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1910-1932 HSSE
REF 351.73 C497 1996.

Examples of federal executive branch and independent agency economic publications
include:

Budget of the United States Government	HSSE DOC REF & HSSE DOC PREX 2.8:
Statistical Abstract of the United States	HSSE DOC & REF C 3.134 and 317.3 St29t (Also available in most Purdue Libraries)
Survey of Current Business	MEL REF & HIKS Repository 658.05 Un3 (Also in MGMT CD-ROM)
Federal Reserve Bulletin	MEL REF & HIKS Repository332.16 un3b
CPI Detailed Report	MEL REF 331.2 Un3c
Compensation & Working Conditions	MEL L 2.44/2:
Employment & Earnings	MEL 331.09 Un3Lseme
Producer Price Indexes Detailed Report	MEL 331.2 Un3wia
Monthly Labor Review	MEL & HIKS Repository 331.09 Un3m
Occupational Compensation Surveys	MEL L 2.121 & L 2.122
Economic Report of the President	MEL 338.906 Un3

Congressional resources dealing with economics include:

Digital U.S. Congressional Serial Set (Purdue Users Only)

Government Accountability Office Reports	MEL MF GA 1.13:
Congressional Budget Office Reports	HSSE DOC & MGMT Y 10.2:
Analysis of the President's Budget Proposals for Fiscal Year	HSSE DOC Y 10.19:
House Budget Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.B 85/3:
House Small Business Committee (Reps. Mike Pence (R-IN) & Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) are members of this committee)	HSSE DOC Y 4.SM 1:
House Ways & Means Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.W 36:
Economic Indicators	MEL REF & 3rd Floor 330.973 Un314e
Joint Economic Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.EC 7:
Joint Taxation Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.T 19/4:
Senate Budget Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.B 85/2:
Senate Finance Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.F 49:
Senate Small Business Committee	HSSE DOC Y 4.SM 1/2:

Congressional Research Service Reports (Courtesy-University of North Texas Library)

Internet Resources

Increasing amounts of government information are on the Internet. The Purdue Libraries Documents Department homepage www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/ is a good starting point. GPO Access www.gpoaccess.gov/ contains the text of major federal legal, legislative, and regulatory information sources such as congressional bills, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the U.S. Code. Examples of other federal government executive branch and independent agency economic Internet resources include:

	Antitrust Division-U.S. Dept. of Justice
	Bureau of Economic Analysis
	Bureau of Labor Statistics
	Bureau of Public Debt
	Census Bureau
	Census-Quarterly Services Survey (Begins Sept. 2004)
	Economic Census 2002 and earlier years
	Economic Indicators
	Economic Research Service
	Energy Information Administration
	Fedstats
	Federal Reserve Board
	Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
	National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
	Office of Foreign Assets Control