Q. Where can I get time series of U.S. economic statistics?

Go to Fraser - The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research, available from the St. Louis Fed.

Fraser includes:

• Bank Statistics 1896-1955
• Annual Statistical Digest
• Banking and Monetary Statistics 1941-1970
• Business Conditions Digest
• Business Cycle Developments
• Business Statistics (suppl. to Survey or Current Business)
• Concordance of Statistics
• Economic Indicators
• Productivity and Costs
   

Go to Data-Planet and look at Key Economic Indicators or click Browse by Subject to browse a variety of economic statistics.

The Real Time Data Center from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia maintains a variety of U.S. economic time series data sets including the Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index, Real-Time Data Set for Macroeconomists, the Livingston Survey, the Survey of Professional Forecasters, GDPplus, and the Greenbook data sets.

Also, take a look at the U.S. Economic Statistics Research Guide.