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Statistics
Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn
Country information prepared by the United States Department of State; especially useful for political information and international business.
UN Data: a world of information
http://data.un.org
World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Up to date country information and economic reports on countries around the world; published by the CIA. Also, includes maps.
American Factfinder
http://factfinder.census.gov
Includes industry and business facts, community profiles, links to economic census reports and geographic summary tables.
Atlas of Global Inequality
http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu
Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.gov
Economic statistics. Also provides access to the Survey of Current Business, a monthy governmental publication.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov
Labor, economic, statisical data, including stats on unemployment and consumer price indexes. Includes full text of Monthly Labor Review and Occupational Outlook Quarterly.
Business Statistics of the United States: Patterns of Economic Change
REF HC 101 .A131222 2010
Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
Census data from the ultimate source!
County Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/index.html
Economic data for American counties by industry.
Economic Censuses
http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/
Industry data on a 5 year basis with 2007 latest.
Economic Indicators
www.economicindicators.gov
Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/webfeatures_indicators
Economic Policy Institute's site provides access to information regarding income, wages and labor. Some data back to the 1940's.
Economic Report of the President (online access)
REF HC 106.5 .A272 2011 (print copy)
European Union
http://europa.eu
Federal Reserve Board
http://www.federalreserve.gov
Includes the "Beige Book," a summary of current economic conditions along with consumer information and statistics, surveys, reports and studies.
FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov
A searchable database of government agency publications as well as access to documents such as the Statistical Abstracts, Socioeconomic Status, and State and Metropolitan Data Book.
MIGA: Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
http://www.miga.org/
"The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of the World Bank Group, ... was established to promote foreign direct investment (FDI) to developing countries to help support economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve people's lives.
Geodata.gov: Geospatial One-Stop
http://gos2.geodata.gov
A gateway to local, federal, and state online resources, primarily governmental data. Includes mapping services.
International Trade Centre
http://www.intracen.org
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
http://www.oecd.org
Information on the political economy of development, economic surveys, statistics and studies, and provides an economic outlook.
Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
http://www.ita.doc.gov/tradestats
International trade data including import, export, U.S. trade and commercial policy.
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
http://www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz/browse
Links to worldwide resources collected by the University of Auckland Library; searchable by country, region and subject.
Population and Housing
http://www.census.gov/population/www/
The decennial census providing extensive demographic information.
Regional Economic Conditions (RECON)
http://www2.fdic.gov/recon/
RECON was originally designed to assist the FDIC in the examination process by providing economic information at the state, MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area), and county levels. Anyone with Internet access is able to drill down to any state, MSA, or county to view standard graphs, tables, and maps depicting economic conditions and how they have changed over time.
STAT-USA / GLOBUS and NTDB
http://guides.ucf.edu/statusa
Full Text business and economic information and statistics from over 50 U.S. federal government agencies. Includes: State of the Nation, GLOBUS, National Trade Data Bank, International Trade Library.
United Nations Statistics Division
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/statdiv.htm
Links to socioeconomic data for 229 countries.
UNCTAD: United nationals Conference on Trade and Development
http://www.unctad.org
UNESCO
http://www.unesco.org
World Bank
http://publications.worldbank.org/WDI
Provides economic data and information on countries worldwide.
World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org
Currency Converter
http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic
Euro (European Commission Economic and Financial Affairs) http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/the_euro/index_en.htm?cs_mid=2946
International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/external/pubind.htm
· New England Economic Data and Information
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
http://www.bos.frb.org
New England economic data including banking trends and economic indicators.
Miser (Massachusetts Institute of Social and Economic Research)
http://www.umass.edu/miser
Research institute at UMass, designated as a state data center for Massachusetts, organizes and publishes census and economic data.
New England Economic Project
http://www.neepecon.org
Provides economic information, analysis and forecasts for the 6 state area.
Vermont State Data Center
http://crs.uvm.edu/census
Excellent resource for current local data and projections.
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