LibGuides: Economics: Data & Statistics

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Data.Census.Gov This link opens in a new window
Data.Census.Gov, is the interface that replaces American FactFinder, This is the new portal to U.S. Census data and includes data from the American Community Survey, Population Estimates, Economic Census, and Annual Economic Surveys. Users can generate simple visualizations, extract reports, and explore census data by theme or topic.
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) This link opens in a new window
Offers graphical and tabular data about U.S. gross domestic product, personal income and outlays, corporate profits, fixed assets, income, balance of payments, investment, and annual industry data, as well as state and local numbers, and foreign trade.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) This link opens in a new window
From the U.S. Department of Labor the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has ready-made tables or custom tables with data on wages, unions, employment, prices, base on demographic data, data by industry, occupation, business costs and geography, as well as data from National Longitudinal Surveys.

Consumer Expenditure Survey
The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program consists of two surveys, the Quarterly Interview Survey and the Diary Survey, that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.

Eurostat This link opens in a new window
Offers data on a range of economic indicators (and other indicators) for Europe: national accounts, financial accounts, population, health, labor market, tourism, prices, balance of payment, etc. You can click on "English" for English version.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED II) This link opens in a new window
Offers over 800 economic time-series downloadable as Excel files.

World Bank World Development Indicators
Statistics and data are a key part of that knowledge and are easily accessible on the web for all users. The World Bank provides free and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe, together with other datasets cited in the data catalog.