BDS are created from the Longitudinal Business Database (LBD), a confidential database available to researchers throughout the network of Census Research Data Centers. BDS development at CES was partially funded by the Kauffman Foundation. A unique feature of the BDS is its longitudinal source data that permit tracking establishments and firms over time. The public use BDS tabulations are an effort to make information from the confidential LBD accessible to a broad range of data users.
County Business Patterns is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. The series is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses. County Business Patterns covers most of the country`s economic activity. The series excludes data on self-employed individuals, employees of private households, railroad employees, agricultural production employees, and most government employees. You may display or download data from this site at the county, state, and national level. Data from 1977 -2001,
To get the downloadable data and to select industries and years click on the botton next to the table name. Or move to the bottom of the screen and click on "To download all tables in ZIP format click here". Data includes: value added by industry, gross output by industry, intermediate output by industry and KLEMS (K-capital, L-labor, E-energy, M-materials, S-purchased services)
The Federal Reserve's monthly index of industrial production and the related capacity indexes and capacity utilization rates cover manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities. The industrial sector, together with construction, accounts for the bulk of the variation in national output over the course of the business cycle. The industrial detail provided by these measures helps illuminate structural developments in the economy. All documentation for downloading is available at this site.
Data available for several countries. information availabilty and years of data varies. Data includes: International Comparisons of Industrial Performance, Value Added and Related Indicators by Industries and Employment and Wages by Industries.
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