A Learning in Motion Top Ten Selection

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Subject Area:

Mathematics

Address/URL:

http://www.bea.doc.gov/

Description:

An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Bureau of Economic Analysis is the nation's economic accountant. From this home page, you can find data and statistics for a wide variety of subjects. There is information for national and state finances, including an quick look overview of the US economy. You can use these figures to learn more about the US economy or as the basis for mathematical or economic investigations. Articles are also provided on the site to give a background for and clarify the data.

How You Can Use This Source:

Graph one or more state's 'gross state product' over the course of several years. Are there correlations between different states.
Compare United States government contributions to different foreign countries within this calendar year. Compare contributions to the US by different foreign countries.
Follow links to other sites which provide US government statistics.

Go to Bureau of Economic Analysis.