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.
The primary World Bank database for development data from officially-recognized international sources is now augmented with external debt and financial flows statistics.
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.
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
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.
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.
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US Federal government site for direct access to data from Executive Branch agencies.
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:
