California County Projections Online Overview of the California economy and key variables for California counties with outlook to 2005. A private publication that closely parallels the government publication. Contains statistical information for every state, county, metropolitan area and city in the U.S. with populations over 25,000. California Dept. of Finance Contains demographic information, monthly finance bulletins, and other finance and economic data. For a number of data sets, users may extract or view information on employment and labor force, construction and real estate, foreign trade, transportation legislation and more.
Most states have a similar site.
International economic data Finding current information on the economy of foreign countries will usually require browsing journal and newspaper articles, in addition to using the reference resources listed in this section. For example, the periodical The Economist has excellent global coverage. Another source for international business and economic news is the web. A good place to start is on the browser sites that provide links to international sources. Some that the library uses are listed below.