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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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