|
U.S. Economy,
Primary Sources: |
| Bureau of Labor
Statistics |
contains information on
prices, wages, employment, etc. |
| Bureau of Economic Analysis
|
contains information on
GDP, aggregate investment, consumption, exports,
imports, etc. |
| Federal
Reserve |
includes information on
interest rates, exchange rates, industrial production,
banking, etc. |
| Bureau of Census
|
includes information on
nearly everything of particular interest may be economic
programs including economic
census and American
Fact Finder. |
| FedStat |
has a list of nearly 70
federal statistical agencies. The most commonly visited
by our students include the National Center for Education
Statistics, the National
Center for Health Statistics, the Department
of Housing and Urban Development, the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, the American
Statistical Association, Statistics in Sports, FDIC
Bank Data and Statistics, the Energy Information
Administration, and the Internal Revenue
Service. |
|
U.S. Economy,
Secondary Sources: |
| Statistical
Abstract of the United States |
is an excellent
collection of domestic data on the economy, health,
crime, elections, etc. Recent editions are available
online. Past editions are available as hard copy in the
library. |
| DRI
|
contains macroeconomic
data from a number of sources including those cited
above. The database can be accessed through E-views.
|
| Fred II
|
is a comprehensive
macroeconomic and financial database maintained by the
St. Louis Fed. |
|
Firm Level
Data: |
| Mergent
Online |
has current and
historical accounting data for U.S. as well as foreign
companies. |
| Yahoo! Finance
|
has historical stock
prices, recent accounting data and analyst
estimates. |
| SEC's
EDGAR |
contains company
filings including quarterly and annual
reports. |
|
Individual or
Household Level Data:
Students should be aware
that the amount of data in this type of dataset can be
overwhelming! |
| Current
Population Survey (CPS) |
is a monthly survey of
50,000 households. Contains data on earnings, education
levels, marital status, plus supplemental
information on topics such as schooling, fertility,
immigration, and income. DataFerrett
is downloadable software which can help you extract
variables from CPS. CPS data are also available
from NBER
Data. |
| Panel Study of
Income Dynamics (PSID) |
follows the same
families since 1968. Collects data on economic, health
and social behavior. |
| National
Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) |
contains various
surveys of individuals regarding their economic, health
and social behavior. This
site helps you extract variables from
NLS. |
| Current
Expenditure Survey |
provides information on
the buying habits of American consumers, including data
on their expenditures, income, and other
characteristics. |
| American Time Use
Survey (ATUS) |
measures the amount of time people spend
doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare,
volunteering, commuting, and socializing. |
| Health and
Retirement Study (HRS) |
a source of longitudinal,
cross-sectional data for researchers and policymakers
who study aging. Use the RAND
HRS, which is a cleaned and easy-to-use version of
the HRS data. |
|
International
Data: |
| World
Development Indicators |
is a comprehensive
database on economic, social and environmental
indicators from all countries of the world.
|
| International
Financial Statistics |
is a database on
macroeconomic indicators including exchange rates,
balance of payments, financial systems, etc. for all
countries of the world. |
| Morgan
Stanley Capital International |
has information on
stock market indices around the world. |
| European Central Bank,
Statistics |
has data on interest rates, monetary
aggregates and balance of payments. |
| Source
OECD |
is a rich source of variety of
databases. The library subscribes to three of them: Monthly
Statistics of International Trade, OECD
International Direct Investment Statistics and OECD
Science, Technology and R&D Statistics. |
| International
Statistical Agencies |
is a list of links to
foreign counterparts to the Bureau of Census. You will
need a lot of patience and some language skills to tap
this fascinating source of data. |
|
Other: |
| Inter-university
Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR) |
is the world's largest
archive of computerized social science
data. |
| CIESIN |
has data regarding
human interactions in global environmental change. |
| NBER Data |
a variety of data
compiled by the National Bureau of Economic
Research |
| Resources for
Economists (RFE) |
is a list of all kinds
of data. |
| Statistical
Data from Schaffer Library |
is a list of books from
Schaffer Library containing statistical
data. |
