CBO Historical Economic Data
Long-run actual U.S. economic series from CBO, back to 1949: output and prices, labor-market measures, interest rates, income, and potential GDP with its underlying inputs (~84 variables). These are historical actuals (not forecasts) and provide the deep history that economic_projections does not. Each variable is published on three time bases, suffixed on the series id: .cy (calendar year), .fy (fiscal year), and .q (quarterly).
In SQL, this dataset is the rows of cbo.series with dataset_code = 'historical_economic'.
Series
CBO Real Gross Domestic Product — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SAAR, Bil.Chn.2017.$ · Quarterly · Seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Civilian Unemployment Rate: 16 Years & Over — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SA, % · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO CPI-U: All Items — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SA, 1982-84=100 · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Federal Funds (Effective) Rate — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
% p.a. · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1954 to 2036
CBO 10-Year Treasury Note Yield at Constant Maturity — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
% p.a. · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1953 to 2036
CBO Gross Domestic Product — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SAAR, billions of dollars · Quarterly · Seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE): Chain Price Index — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SA, 2017=100 · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO PCE Excluding Food and Energy: Chain Price Index — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SA, 2017=100 · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1959 to 2036
CBO CPI-U: All Items Less Food and Energy — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SA, 1982-84=100 · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1957 to 2036
CBO 3-Month Treasury Bills, Secondary Market — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
% p.a. · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO All Employees: Total Nonfarm — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SA, Mil. · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Civilian Labor Force: 16 Years & Over, based on CBO's BLS Through 2025 Plus CBO Projection of the civilian noninstitutionalized population age 16 or older — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SA, Mil. · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Labor Force Participation Rate, based on CBO's BLS Through 2025 Plus CBO Projection of the civilian noninstitutionalized population age 16 or older — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SA, % · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Nominal Potential Gross Domestic Product — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
billions of dollars · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Real Potential Gross Domestic Product — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
Bil.Chn.2017.$ · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Output Gap (Percentage of Potential GDP) — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
% of potential GDP · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Noncyclical Rate of Unemployment — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
% · Quarterly · Not seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Real Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SAAR, Bil.Chn.2017.$ · Quarterly · Seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Real Private Nonresidential Fixed Investment — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SAAR, Bil.Chn.2017.$ · Quarterly · Seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Real Private Residential Investment — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SAAR, Bil.Chn.2017.$ · Quarterly · Seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Real Exports of Goods & Services — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SAAR, Bil.Chn.2017.$ · Quarterly · Seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Real Imports of Goods & Services — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SAAR, Bil.Chn.2017.$ · Quarterly · Seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Wage and Salaries — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SAAR, billions of dollars · Quarterly · Seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036
CBO Corporate Profits With IVA & CCAdj — Historical Economic (Quarterly)
SAAR, billions of dollars · Quarterly · Seasonally adjusted · 1949 to 2036