New Database -- STAT-USA

STAT-USA provides a single point of access to authoritative business, trade, and economic information from the U.S. Government on both domestic and international matters. The information is accessed through either of two sections:

1) State of the Nation contains over 2,000 current (and nearly 35,000 historical) federal economic and financial reports. These include general economic indicators such as the Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index, and Gross Domestic Product; housing and construction data; employment and unemployment statistics; manufacturing and industry indicators such as retail sales data, manufacturing, trade, inventory and sales figures, and industrial production reports; monetary statistics; and economic policy reports.

2) GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) & NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) contains daily trade leads from the Trade Opportunities Program as well as the Department of Agriculture. It offers daily procurement activity from the Defense Logistics Agency, the United Nations, and the Commerce Business Daily leads. The NTDB 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.

Library Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 17
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