Primary Economics Data Sets & Statistics

Datastream (local use only)
Available in Lippincott Library at terminal 7B.
Financial statistical database with international coverage of stocks, bonds, interest rates, exchange rates and other economic indicators....   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    Datastream DSWindows Help Guide
    Datastream DS Windows - Economic Indicators and Forecasts Help Guide

Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition
The best starting-place for statistical information on the United States, for the colonial era and 1790-2000 (including the Confederate States of America). Presents 37,339 data series on population (i...   [more]

ICPSR
Also Known as: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research SIMI Variables
USE OF ICPSR DATA REQUIRES STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access to social science quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR. Subjects covered includ...   [more]
Holdings: 1962-present.
Supplemental URLs
    ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature
    SDA Online Data Analysis System
    Publications-Related Archive
    SIMI: Site for Instructional Materials and Information
    SSVD: Social Science Variables Database

OECD iLibrary
Also Known as: Source OECD, SourceOECD
Publications and statistical information from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) covering agriculture and food, education and skills, emerging economies and transition e...   [more]

Important Economics Data Sets & Statistics

AFR Regional Economic Outlook
Also Known as: AFR REO
- from IMF eLibrary
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African Economic History Network
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AidData
Comprehensive and up-to-date project-level development finance and foreign aid data portal, covering multilateral and bilateral donor foreign aid projects during 1945-2009. Includes OECD CRS data and ...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Geocoded Data

Angus Maddison's Historical Statistics
Time series for world population, GDP and GDP percapita covering nations, 1 AD - 2008 AD....   [more]
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AREAER Online
Also Known as: IMF AREAER , Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions (AREAER)
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ARF - Area Resource File
County-level data on health care professions and training, hospitals and health care facilities and their utilization and expenditures, and health-services-related population characteristics and envir...   [more]
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Assessing the New Federalism
Also Known as: ANF, Urban Institute, National Survey of America's Families
DATA USE MAY REQUIRE FREE REGISTRATION. Urban Institute research project analyzing the devolution of social programs responsibility from the federal government to state governments. Topics include h...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Publications (by topic)
    National Survey of Americas Families (inc. CrossTabMaker)
    State Database
    Welfare Rules Database
    State TANF Income Calculator

Balance of Payment Statistics (BOPS)
Also Known as: IMF BOPS, BOPS
- from IMF eLibrary
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Bureau of Economic Analysis
Local, state, national, industry, and international data....   [more]
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Census 2000 Special Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation
Also Known as: EEO Data Tool
Serves as the primary external benchmark for comparing the race, ethnicity, and sex composition of an organization's internal workforce, and the analogous external labor market, within a specified geo...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Descriptions and Additional Information

Center for International Comparisons (Penn)
Also Known as: Penn World Table. CICUP
Conducting research into cross-country and inter-area comparisons of prices and national accounts. Producers of the Penn World Table, which provides data on purchasing power parity and national income...   [more]
Holdings: PWT: 1950-2000.
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Supplemental URLs
    Penn World Table
    CICUP Working Papers

China Data Online
Also Known as: China statistical data, China census data, China Spatial Data Reports and Maps, DemographicsNowChina, China Geo-Explorer
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China.aiddata.org
Data and geographic visualization of Chinese development finance flows to Africa....   [more]
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Commitment to Development Index
Rates 21 rich countries on how much they help poor countries build prosperity, good government, and security. Each rich country gets scores in seven policy areas, which are averaged for an overall sco...   [more]
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Community Health Data Base - Berks-Lancaster-Schuylkill Household Health Survey microdata
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Community Health Data Base - Centre County Household Health Survey microdata
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Community Health Data Base - Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey microdata
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Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS)
Also Known as: IMF CDIS, CDIS
- from IMF eLibrary
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Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS)
Also Known as: IMF CPIS, CPIS
- from IMF eLibrary
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Council of European Social Science Data Archives
An umbrella organization for social science data archives across Europe....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Catalog

CountrySTAT (FAO)
User-friendly presentation of country-level food and agricultural statistics for African countries. Produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations....   [more]
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County and City Data Books (1944-2000 editions)
Interactive US Census Bureau historic demographic, social, economic, and industry data on US cities, counties, and states. Produced from CCDB data files by University of Virginia Library...   [more]
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CPS on Web
Also Known as: Unicon, CPS Utilities
REQUIRES FREE REGISTRATION. Current Population Survey data, 1962-2001. Provides subsetting and extraction, crosstabulations, regression with supporting statistics, and graphing. Questions are matched ...   [more]
Holdings: 1962-present, monthly surveys.
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Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER)
Also Known as: IMF COFER, COFER
- from IMF eLibrary
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DATA Report
Also Known as: Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa Report
Annual summary of foreign aid to Africa, produced by DATA - Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa - now produced by ONE Campaign...   [more]
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Data.gov
U.S. Government open data. Identifies and links to U.S. federal, state, and local data, tools, and resources....   [more]
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DataFerrett Extraction and Review Tool (U S Census Bureau)
Also Known as: Data Ferrett DataWeb
A tool developed and supported by the U.S. Bureau of the Census in collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other statistical agencies. Datasets are from CPS - Current Population Survey, ...   [more]
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DataLumos
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DevInfo
USE INTERNET EXPLORER. UN time series data tool, providing interactive interface to specific national, regional, and global project data. Regions covered include: India, Palestinian Authority, Zimbabw...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    DevInfo 6.0 (2011)

Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS)
Also Known as: IMF DOTS, DOTS
- from IMF eLibrary
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EconData
A great first stop for identifying public and private data source on U.S. demographic, economic, social, and other topics....   [more]
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Economagic: Economic time series page
Provides free economic time series data sets for U.S., regions, and countries. Penn Libraries does not have a subscription for Excel output....   [more]
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Economic History Data Desk: Economic History of Latin America, United States and New World, 1500-1900
Data Sets and related materials on Colonial Latin American commodity prices, mineral production, and related topics; the Royal treasury accounts from the cajas of Spanish Mexico and Peru. Also include...   [more]
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Economic Research at St. Louis Fed (FRED, ALFRED, FRASER, CASSIDI)
Time series data for U.S. macroeconomic research....   [more]
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Esri Data and Maps
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European business facts and figures
Comprehensive picture of the structure, development and characteristics of European business and its different activities...   [more]
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European State Finance Database
Time series finance, exchange, and price data for medieval and early modern European economic history. Includes some Spanish American data....   [more]
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FAOSTAT
Annual time series data, 1961-present, on countries worldwide, produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Covers food production and trade, food supply and food security ...   [more]
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FedStats
Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies ...   [more]
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Financial Access Survey (FAS)
Also Known as: IMF FAS
- from IMF eLibrary
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Financial Soundness Indicators (FSI)
Also Known as: IMF FSI, FSI
- from IMF eLibrary
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Financial Tracking Service
Real-time database tracking all reported international humanitarian aid....   [more]
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Fiscal Monitor
Also Known as: IMF Fiscal Monitor
- from IMF eLibrary
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Flow of Funds Accounts U.S.
Federal Reserve national flow of funds accounts show the types of issuers, investors, and market intermediaries that buy and sell securities in the U.S. capital market. The national flow of funds acc...   [more]
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ForeignAssistance.gov
A view of U.S. Government foreign assistance funds and enables users to examine, research, and track aid investments in a standard and easy-to-understand format. ...   [more]
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GESIS
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Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
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Global Development Finance
Also Known as: World Bank GDF Online
World Bank time series statistical data covering 1960 to the present, with forecast data for up to seven years, for the 210 countries reporting public and publicly-guaranteed debt. Data include extern...   [more]
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Global Economic Monitor (World Bank)
Daily and monthly commentary on global economic conditions along with direct access to high frequency data that is refreshed daily. It provides analysis of current economic trends, economic, financial...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    GEM Data

Government Finance Statistics
Also Known as: IMF Government Finance Statistcs, IMF GFS
- from IMF eLibrary
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Supplemental URLs
    GFS via old IMF interface

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
Also Known as: HCUPnet
Provides aggregate national statistics and trends and selected state statistics about hospital stays, using data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), the Kids' Inpatient Database (KID), and the...   [more]
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HMDA On-Line Reports
Also Known as: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Information on home mortgage lending activity reported by HMDA depository institutions (banks, savings associations, and credit unions) and nondepository institutions, and mortgage insurance activity ...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    FFIEC Census Reports (Census Tract data supporting HMDA analysis)

HOLIS 14 Points application
Reports on humanitarian aid from EU country donors and ECHO (European Community Humanitarian Office). Provides dollar values and brief descriptions of individual relief programs....   [more]
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Human Development Reports
Fulltext for UN Development Programme global, regional, and national reports, describing development issues, including human rights, poverty, education, economic reform, HIV/AIDS, globalization, capac...   [more]
Holdings: 1990-present (national reports published on irregular basis)
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IISH List of Datafiles of Historical Prices and Wages
International Institute of Social History (Netherlands). Data sets for Europe, with some non-European data (mostly Asian) pre-1914....   [more]
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IMF Article IV Staff Reports
Fulltext annual country reports for IMF surveillance on national exchange rate, monetary, and fiscal policies, structural policies, financial sector issues, institutional issues, and assessments of ri...   [more]
Holdings: 1999-present
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IMF Data Mapper
Choropleth mapping and data graphing for IMF time series, including variables from World Economic Outlook, Balance of Payments Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, AFR Regional Economic Outlook,...   [more]
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IMF eLibrary Data
- from IMF eLibrary
Splash page for IMF's IFS and GFS subscription data sets, plus other IMF data sources....   [more]
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International Development Statistics online
Also Known as: Development Assistance Committee, Creditor Reporting System
Requires free annual registration. OECD-collected data on international aid and other resource flows. Includes: DAC online (Development Assistance Committee aggregate data) and CRS online (Creditor Re...   [more]
Holdings: 1973-present
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International Financial Statistics Online
Also Known as: International Monetary Fund IFS, IMF IFS
- from IMF eLibrary
International Financial Statistics (IFS) is a standard source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. It reports, for most countries of the world, current dat...   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    IFS via old IMF interface

International Household Survey Network
IGO partnership sharing information and resources on household surveys worldwide. Provides searchable catalog of past, current, and proposed surveys, many with association documentation....   [more]
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International Reserves Template
Also Known as: IMF International Reserves Template
- from IMF eLibrary
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International Statistical Agencies - US Census Bureau
list of national statistical web sites world-wide...   [more]
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LABORSTA
Statistics on worldwide labor, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labor cost, consumer price indices, occupational injuries, strikes and lockouts. Includes reference work, Sources & Metho...   [more]
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Living Standards Measurement Study
Also Known as: World Bank LSMS
Household survey datasets, documentation, and reports conducted in countries worldwide for the World Bank in 1986-present. Multitopic questionnaires collect data on households, covering housing charac...   [more]
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Measure of America: American Human Development Project
The Human Development Index for the United States, providing graphical tools to present data on social and economic development among states and metropolitan areas. Produced by the American Human Deve...   [more]
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Medical Assistance, Food Stamps and Cash Assistance statistics reports (PA Dept of Public Welfare)
Archives of MA-FOOD-STAMPS-AND-CASH-STATS@LISTSERV.DPW.STATE.PA.US. Provides MS Excel tables for monthly data releases from Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Data releases cover PA counties w...   [more]
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Medicare Provider Charge Data - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Hospital-specific charges for the more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals that receive Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) payments for the top 100 most frequently billed discharges, paid unde...   [more]
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Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank
Currency exchange and price data for Europe, c. 800 AD to 1815 AD....   [more]
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Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project
Provides community indicators for the Nine County Metropolitan Area. Indicators include: arts, health, education, quality of life, taxes, etc. Each indicator includes an essay describing the region an...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    MetroPhilaMapper

Migration and Remittances - World Bank Prospects
Comparative data and reports on international migration and transfers of funds from migrants to nation of origin....   [more]
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National and International Data Sources and Links - United Nations Statistics Division
The UN provides links to the statistical agencies of member countries, as well as the names and links (where available) for statistical yearbooks for each country....   [more]
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National Crosswalk Service Center
Also Known as: xwalkcenter, NCSC, ALMIS
Provides concordances, indexes, and tools for comparing different U.S. government-produced occupational classifications and training program classifications. Crosswalks available include SOC or Standa...   [more]
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National Transfer Accounts
Statistical information on how people at each age produce, consume, and share resources, and save for the future for countries worldwide. Intended to show how population growth and changing population...   [more]
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OECD.Stat
- from OECD iLibrary
Integrated search and tabulation interface for OECD statistical databases....   [more]

Open Data for Africa (African Development Bank)
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openICPSR
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Oxford Latin American Economic History Database
Also Known as: OxLAD MOxLAD
Statistical series for more than 40 economic and social indicators covering 1900-2000 for twenty Latin American countries....   [more]
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Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Also Known as: PSID
Longitudinal study, 1968-present, of individuals in more than 7,000 U.S. families, emphasizing dynamic aspects of economic and demographic behavior, and including sociological and psychological measur...   [more]
Holdings: 1968-present.
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Supplemental URLs
    PSID/CDS Data and Documentation Center
    Child Development Supplement (CDS)
    PSID/CDS Bibliography (works using PSID or CDS data)
    ICPSR PSID data archive

Pennsylvania Policy Database Project
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ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (Online Edition)
Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States....   [more]

Proquest Statistical Insight
Also Known as: Statistical Universe, lexisnexis statistical
Statistical Universe indexes statistical data published in federal, state, and selected privately published titles, at the table level. In some cases the fulltext of the document is also available....   [more]

Regional Economic Accounts (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)
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REIS (Regional Economic Information System)
Available in Lippincott Library Only.
The REIS database provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for 1969-1999. Statistics in the data base...   [more]
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Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey
Household-based survey measuirng the effects of Russian reforms on the economic well-being of households and individuals, specifically household consumption and individual health....   [more]
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Science Works for US
Documents economic stimulus funding for university research activities nationwide. Identifies universities receiving funding through ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provides ...   [more]
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Social Security Observatory - International Social Security Association
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Social Security Programs Throughout the World
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State of the Cities Data Systems
Also Known as: SOCDS, HUD User
Statistics for individual Metropolitan Areas, Central Cities, and suburbs. Data include decennial census, current unemployment rates, jobs, business establishments, and average pay, violent crime and ...   [more]
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Statistical Abstract of the United States - U.S. Census Bureau
Also Known as: Historical Statistics of the United States ;
The National Data Book. Annual statistics, 1878-present (with seperate volumes covering Colonial Times to 1970), covering population, vital statistics, health and nutrition, education, law enforcement...   [more]
Holdings: 1878-present (backfile in progress)
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TRACfed
Also Known as: TRAC Reports, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Trac Fed, TRAC
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TradeStats Express
US national trade data, 1989-last year (annual) and current year quarters, by HS, NAICS, and SITC classifications: Global Patterns of U.S. Merchandise Trade; Product Profiles of U.S. Merchandise Trade...   [more]
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U.S. Census Bureau
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U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base
The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world. ...   [more]
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U.S. Official Development Assistance Database
Statistics on U.S. flows to developing countries, presenting annual data, 2005-present, as defined by the OECD for its OECD DAC program. Comparable to the Greenbook, but data differ between these two ...   [more]
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U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants, Obligations and Loan Authorizations
Also Known as: USAID Greenbook
US AID's Greenbook shows a complete historical record of United States (U.S.) foreign aid to the rest of the world. The Greenbook reports all loans and grants authorized by the U.S. Government for eac...   [more]
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UK National Digital Archive of Datasets
Also Known as: NDAD
FREE BUT REQUIRES REGISTRATION. Documentation and data downloading from British central government agencies' data sets preserved by the UK National Archives (formerly Public Records Office). Data sets...   [more]
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UN Comtrade
Also Known as: United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database
Annual detailed import / export commodity and trading partner statistics for 130 countries. Many countries have data from 1962. Commodities are classified by Standard International Trade Classif...   [more]
Holdings: 1962-present
Supplemental URLs
    Comtrade website
    
    
    
    

UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of world trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and...   [more]
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UNCTAD-TRAINS (TRade Analysis and INformation System)
A comprehensive information system at the HS-based tariff line level covering tariff, para-tariff and non-tariff measures as well as import flows by origin for more than 140 countries ...   [more]
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UNCTADstat
Statistics from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Includes international trade, economic trends, foreign direct investment (FDI), external financial resources, commodities and ma...   [more]
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UNdata
The central statistical information service for the United Nations and its affiliates and international partners. Replaces UNSTATS....   [more]
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UNIDO Industrial Statistics
CD-ROM available in Lippincott Library only
Global industrial statistics compiled by the United Nations. Coverage includes seven principle indicators of industrial statistics: n...   [more]
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Unionstats.com
Also Known as: Union Membership and Coverage Database from the CPS
Union Membership and Coverage Database from the CPS, providing private and public sector labor union membership, coverage, and density estimates from the Current Population Survey. Geography includes ...   [more]
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United States Census Bureau data repository
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UNSTATS
Also Known as: United Nations Common Database, UNCDB
Time series statistical information for countries collected from UN and related international governmental organizations. Topics covered include population composition and change; human settlements, h...   [more]
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Urban Institute Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Summary Data
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USA Counties
US Census Bureau data for US counties and states. Comparable to County and City Data Book and State and Metropolitan Area Data Book....   [more]
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World Bank Documents & Reports
Also Known as: World Development Sources, WDS
Page-image fulltext of more than 14,000 World Bank documents. Covers World Bank activities and interests worldwide in agriculture, economic policy, education and social protection, electrical power, o...   [more]
Holdings: 1960-present. Updated weekly.
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World Bank Open Data & Data Catalog
Quick access to World Bank economic indicators, and overview of World Bank data resources. Includes links to: World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, Africa Development Indicators, G...   [more]
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World Bank Research Datasets
Datasets compiled for World Bank research in agriculture, domestic and household finance, education, environment, globalization, governance, health, population and demography, industry, infrastructure...   [more]
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World Development Indicators
Also Known as: World Bank WDI Online
The World Bank's principal data source on the global economy. More than 550 time series, 1960-present, on more than 200 countries and 18 country groups, covering demographic, social, economic, financi...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
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WRDS - Wharton Research Data Services
Wharton Research Data Services - WRDS is a comprehensive sources of financial, accounting, economic, management, marketing, banking, and insurance data. WRDS offers access to the following databases: ...   [more]

Related Economics Data Sets & Statistics

American Factfinder
Population, geographic, economic and geographic data....   [more]
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Economic Report of the President
Covers 1995 - present....   [more]
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HMCA : Health and Medical Care Archive
Also Known as: HMCA ICPSR
USE OF HMCA DATA MAY REQUIRE STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access to quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR on U.S. health care providers, health ...   [more]
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NACDA : National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
Also Known as: NACDA ICPSR
USE OF NACDA DATA MAY REQUIRE STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access and online data analysis for quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR on aging an...   [more]
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Passport GMID
Also Known as: Euromonitor's Global Market Information Database
Provides key business intelligence on countries, companies, 350+markets and consumers in over 200 countries, including statistics, in-depth market analysis reports and company profiles. Primarily focu...   [more]
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