BEA Digital Library - for data geeks
Take a step into BEA’s past and see the documents that helped shape
its future…
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has launched the BEA Digital
Library, which provides access to seminal documents related to the
history of the U.S. national economic accounts.
The Digital Library can be found at http://library.bea.gov.
At present, the library includes the following, which highlight the
first Department of Commerce estimates of national income and product:
Key Survey of Current Business articles from the 1930s and 1940s;
The 1934 Senate document that presents the first Department of
Commerce estimates of national income; and
The first two volumes from the Conference on Research in Income and
Wealth in 1937and 1938 (reproduced with permission from the National
Bureau of Economic Research).
Further materials will be added in the future.
BEA welcomes your feedback. Comments, questions, and suggestions for
additional documents can be e-mailed to bealibrary@bea.gov.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis provides this service to you at no
charge. Visit us on the web at http://www.bea.gov. You can view or
update your information at any time on your User Profile Page. All
you will need is your e-mail address. If you have any questions or
need assistance, please e-mail Subscribe@bea.gov.
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