Business Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and practical collection of data relevant to the nation's economic performance since World War II. It provides up to 77 years of annual data in regional, demographic, and industrial detail for key indicators such as gross domestic product, personal income, spending, saving, employment, unemployment, the capital stock, and more. This publication far surpasses the Economic Report of the President in providing historical data and valuable information about definitions, sources, methods, and current statistical controversies that are essential for understanding and comparing economic measures.
Author(s): Strawser C.J.
Edition: 12th Edition
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 638
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 14
PREFACE......Page 16
TOPICS OF CURRENT INTEREST......Page 20
USING THE DATA: THE U.S. ECONOMY IN THE NEW CENTURY......Page 26
GENERAL NOTES......Page 34
PART A THE U.S. ECONOMY......Page 38
Figure 1-1. Output Per Capita, 1946–2005......Page 40
Figure 1-3. Percent Change in Current-Dollar and Real GDP, 1947–2005......Page 43
Figure 1-4. Factor Income by Type, 1948 and 2005......Page 50
Figure 1-5. Difference Between GNP and GDP, 1950–2005......Page 53
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 60
Figure 2-1. Capacity Utilization: Total Manufacturingand High-Tech Industries......Page 72
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 83
Figure 3-1. Median and Mean Household Income, 1967–2005......Page 86
Figure 3-2. Poverty Rates: Total, Children, and Seniors, 1959–2005......Page 93
Figure 3-3. Poverty Rates, Excluding and Including Government Programs, 2003–2004......Page 101
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 106
Figure 4-1. Personal Saving Rate, 1950–2005......Page 114
Figure 4-2. Personal Consumption Expenditures by Type of Expenditure,1948 and 2005......Page 122
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 124
Figure 5-1. National Saving, Investment, and Borrowing, 1946–2005......Page 130
Figure 5-2. Private Fixed Investment by Type, 1957 and 2005......Page 133
Figure 5-3. Private Nonfarm Inventory-Sales Ratios, 1947–2005......Page 142
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 149
Figure 6-1. Federal Government Saving and Dis-saving, 1946–2005......Page 154
Figure 6-2. State and Local Government Current Receiptsand Expenditures, 1946–2005......Page 163
Figure 6-3. Defense Spending as a Percent of GDP, 1945–2005......Page 175
Figure 6-4. Government Employment, 1955–2005......Page 180
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 183
Figure 7-1. Receipts, Payments, and Balance on Current Account, 1950–2005......Page 190
Figure 7-2. Balance on Current Account and Financial Inflows and Outflows, 1960–2005......Page 196
Figure 7-3. Foreign Trade Balances on Goods and Services, 1960–2005......Page 206
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 218
Figure 8-1. Inflation Indicators, 1946–2005......Page 228
Figure 8-2. Consumer Prices: All Items, Medical Care,and Apparel, 1946–2005......Page 234
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 245
Figure 9-1. Changes in Wages and Salaries and in Benefit Costs,Private Nonfarm Industry, 1980–2005......Page 252
Figure 9-2. Change in Labor Productivity, Nonfarm Business, 1948–2005......Page 256
Figure 9-3. Corporate Profits with IVA by Major Sector, 1948–2005......Page 259
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 262
Figure 10-2. Unemployment Rate, 1948–2005......Page 268
Figure 10-3. Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment, 1946–2005......Page 275
Figure 10-4. Average Weekly Hours, Selected Industries, 1947–2005......Page 279
Figure 10-5. Estimates of Real Weekly Earnings, 1979–2005......Page 284
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 286
Figure 11-1. Energy Consumption and Prices, 1949–2005......Page 298
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 301
Figure 12-1. Federal Funds Rate and 10-Year Treasury Securities Rate, 1962–2005......Page 302
Figure 12-2. Debt as a Percent of GDP, 1945–2005......Page 308
Figure 12-3. Ratios of Household Debt Service and Financial Obligations to Disposable Personal Income, 1980–2005......Page 312
Figure 12-4. S&P Composite Stock Price Index and OFHEO House Price Index, 1975–2005......Page 319
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 321
Figure 13-1. Real GDP Per Capita, United States and Japan, 1960–2005......Page 330
Figure 13-2. International Value of the U.S. Dollar, 1973–2005......Page 336
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 338
PART B INDUSTRY PROFILES......Page 342
CHAPTER 14: INDUSTRY DEFINITION AND STRUCTURE......Page 344
Figure 15-1. Output Change by NAICS Industry Group......Page 354
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 359
Figure 16-1. Net New Nonfarm Payroll Jobs by Major NAICS Industry Group, 1990–2005......Page 362
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 381
Figure 17-1. New Orders for Durable Goods, 1959–2005......Page 382
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 412
PART C HISTORICAL DATA......Page 422
Figure 18-1. Output Per Capita, 1929–1948......Page 424
Figure 18-2. Employment, 1929–1948......Page 433
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 435
CHAPTER 19: SELECTED HISTORICAL DATA FOR QUARTERLY SERIES......Page 438
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 504
CHAPTER 20: SELECTED HISTORICAL DATA FOR MONTHLY SERIES......Page 506
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 574
PART D REGIONAL AND STATE DATA......Page 576
Figure 21-1. Per Capita Personal Income, United States and Selected States, 1958–2005......Page 578
NOTES AND DEFINITIONS......Page 644
INDEX......Page 648
