SCSU Hilton C. Buley Library: Finance &amp; Real Estate: Datasets and Statistics

Data Sets

Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Mergent Online delivers a comprehensive suite of financial information, providing access to one of the most complete historical financial databases ever assembled with just a few mouse clicks.
corporate industry global equity finance financial statements

International Financial Statistics Online
This resource has time-series data for more than 200 countries and areas, exchange rates and fund position for member countries as well as information about national accounts, interest rates, inflation, etc. Maintained by the International Monetary Fund. Once in the IMF eLibrary, select ‘International Financial Statistics (IFS)’ from the ‘Data Source’ drop-down. For definitions of data terms, click here for Manuals and Guides. For database help, click “Help” in the upper right-hand corner of the IMF eLibrary homepage.
AEA's Data Sources Guide
The AEA has compiled some quality sources for economic data.
Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom Datasets

Where do you start with Google's Dataset search?

Have clarity on what is the scope, characteristics, & attributes of the data you need.
Look at existing research (e.g. market research reports, journal articles) to see where they obtained their data.
Take a look at Google's Dataset Search Quick Start Guide.

Available through Economic Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED is known for US economic data and international economic data including employment, GDP, population, and retail/production

World Bank: https://www.worldbank.org/en/home

International Monetary Fund: https://www.imf.org/en/Home

IMF is an international organization that works to promote monetary, trade, and banking cooperation
Some publications such as country reports, working papers, policy papers, pamphlets and more are available in PDF form
International financial stats available online: https://data.imf.org/?sk=4c514d48-b6ba-49ed-8ab9-52b0c1a0179b&sId=1409151240976

Provides direct access to the latest and most complete statistical information available on the European Union, the EU Member States, the euro-zone and other countries