Economics and Government Finance

Minnesota Information

• Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - The Fed provides a useful inflation calculator, as well as publications, and economic research and data.
• Fiscal Notes - Minnesota Management & Budget provides detailed information on the fiscal implications of proposed legislation.
• Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development - Track Minnesota economic and employment data at the Labor Market Information part of the Department of Employment and Economic Development's website.
• Minnesota Management & Budget - This site contains a lot of economic and budget information including the May 2020 interim budget projection and the July 2020 revenue update and links to the Minnesota State Budget page.
• Minnesota House of Representatives Fiscal Analysis Department - A variety of fiscal data including revenue and expenditure summaries. Recent issues of their invaluable publication, Money Matters, include A Glossary of Fiscal Terms and Acronyms and Fiscal Notes.
• Minnesota Senate Counsel, Research and Fiscal Analysis - The fiscal analysts produce the award-winning Fiscal Review, budget tracking spreadsheets, and bill summaries.
• Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor - The OLA conducts financial and compliance audits of state agencies and program evaluations of state and local governmental functions. Both the Program Evaluation Division publications and the Financial Audit publications are available in full text.
• Office of the State Auditor - "The Office of the State Auditor is a constitutional office that is charged with overseeing more than $20 billion spent annually by local governments in Minnesota."
• Resources on Minnesota Issues: State Budget - A compilation of resources to guide you through the state budget process.

Federal and State Government Information

• Bureau of Economic Analysis - "BEA is the Nation's accountant, integrating and interpreting a tremendous volume of data to draw a complete and consistent picture of the U.S. economy."
• Bureau of Labor Statistics - BLS "is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy." Check out TED: The Editor's Desk, a daily snapshot of an interesting statistic. BLS measures prices changes through indexes such as the Consumer Price Index.
• Congressional Budget Office - The CBO publishes useful cost estimates and full-text reports for Congress.
• 2012 Economic Census - The 2012 Economic Census and earlier economic censuses are available from the Census Bureau.
• Federal, State, and Local Governments - The U.S. Census Bureau provides extensive government finance data.
• FEDSTATS - Publicly available statistics from more than 70 Federal agencies. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this website.
• The Fiscal Link - Fiscal information from the National Conference of State Legislatures. The site links to a number of helpful reports and links to other legislative fiscal office sites.
• GAO (General Accounting Office) - WAIS searching allows users to search the full text of GAO reports published since the beginning of FY 1995.
• National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) - The NASBO website includes their useful reports: Budget Processes in the States 2008, Fiscal Survey of States: Spring 2014, Capital Budgeting in the States, and State Expenditure Report Fiscal Year 2011-2013.
• Office of Management and Budget - Go directly to the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2015 and the 2014 Economic Report of the President.
• Regional Economic Accounts -- Local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas including personal income by source, per-capita personal income, earnings by two-digit SIC code, and other statistics.
• State Government Finances - The Census Bureau's summary pages for government finances for each state.
• U.S. Department of the Treasury - The Internal Revenue Service posts tax forms and publications.

Other Information

• Consumer Price Indexes -The Bureau of Labor Statistics' CPI for the United States city average. Go to Midwest Economy: Consumer Prices to get to regional information including the current Minneapolis-St. Paul CPI. To get Minneapolis-St. Paul CPI figures over time, select Minneapolis-St. Paul from the list of cities on the Midwest Economy page or select "create customized tables" on the main CPI page.
• What is a Dollar Worth? - The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has developed a quick way to calculate what an item was worth at another point in time. It uses the CPI-U for the United States.
• Global Financial Data - A comprehensive collection of current and historical financial data including interest rates, inflation, and the stock market.
• Universal Currency Converter - Find out exchange rates between countries in a flash.

The sites listed on this page are not created, maintained, or endorsed by the Minnesota Legislature.