Produces some of the world's most closely watched statistics, including U.S. gross domestic product, better known as GDP. They do state and local numbers, too, plus foreign trade and investment stats and industry data.
A digital library of U.S. economic, financial and banking history. Provides historical economic data, information about the operation of the Federal Reserve, many archival collections and classroom materials.
Short for Federal Reserve Economic Data, FRED is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources.
Prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the Joint Economic Committee. It provides economic information on gross domestic product, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, Federal finance, and international statistics.
Provides access to the original datasets generated by PD&R-sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, median family incomes and income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.
Home page of the United States Census Bureau with access to all the statistics on population, income, racial diversity, etc. gathered by the government.
Home page of the United States Census Bureau with access to all the statistics on population, income, racial diversity, etc. gathered by the government.
Home of the U.S. government’s open data, where you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.
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.
This federal government portal offers specialized information for global markets, including the Country Commercial Guides that give overviews of business environments in foreign countries.
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
This resource, maintained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), 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.
The primary World Bank database for development data from officially-recognized international sources is now augmented with external debt and financial flows statistics.
World Bank’s Data Catalog is a web page of datasets available via Open Access (for free). In the catalog are the following datasets of interest to economics researchers:
