Subject Guides: ECON 454-90 & ECON 509C-01 Class Guide: U.S. & International Economic Data

U.S. Data

ALFRED (Archival Federal Reserves Economic Data)
Economic data from specific time periods.
Annual Survey of Manufactures
US industry data
Bureau of Economic Analysis
See the Industry Data section
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Check out the Statistics, Trends & Reports section.
Consumer Expenditure Survey (BLS)
Focuses on buying habits of American consumers.
County Business Patterns
Industry data by county and zip code.
Census.gov
Primary portal for U.S Census Bureau data on the nation's people and economy. Find data from the decennial census data, American Community Survey, Economic Census and more.
Economic Census

Data.gov
Tools and resources to develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.
Economic Indicators
Published monthly by the Council of Economic Advisors for the Joint Economic Committee, Economic Indicators provide economic information on GDP, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, and more.
Economic Report of the President
search the Statistical Tables section for basic economic indicators. Coverage: 1995-present.
Energy Information Administration
Economic Data (FRED)
Over 251,000 U.S. and international time series.
FRASER (Federal Reserve Archive)
Economic history
Inforum Economic Data
Contains several thousand economic time series
IPUMS USA
Census microdata for social and economic research.
MeasuringWorth
Calculators for measuring worth and personal wealth and tables for CPI, GDP, etc.
National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS)
Labor and other data for individuals followed over decades.
NBER Data
National Bureau of Economic Research data used in published working papers.
New York State Data Center
Provides statistics about the population of New York.
Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Longest running longitudinal household survey in the world.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. Can download the statistics files as Excel files. Coverage: 1878-ongoing

Bartle HA206 .S8 for print.

Survey of Current Business
Each issue has a section covering statistics for international trade.
Value of a Dollar, 1860-2009
E-book.

Statistical Databases

Compustat
Items reported by companies in standard financial reports, such as quarterly and annual income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements. Both current and historical data are available. Accessed via WRDS.

Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive
NEW 2020 EDITION: Cross National Time Series Data Archive Longitudinal data series covering over 200 countries and 200 variables, including measurements for civil unrest, voting, political parties, media, trade, and regime characteristics. Covers from 1815-present, with exceptions for World Wars.

Data is available in Excel spreadsheets. Coverage: 1815 - present.

CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices)
Has price data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets. For research requiring large datasets. Accessed via WRDS.

Datastream
Located on data computer in the Government Documents area. Restricted to current BU faculty & students only. Provides historical coverage of major securities from worldwide markets, plus increasing data coverage on emerging markets and new instruments. Includes equity, index, commodity, currency, bond, economic data, and more

Coverage: varies, with some data going back 30 years. Includes equity, index, commodity, currency, bond, economic data, and more. Data is available in daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly formats. Output easily transfers into Excel.
Global Financial Data
Provides raw financial and economic data from the year 1000 to the present. The data has been compiled from original source documents and archival sources. Read below for important information before you get started. ** Due to budget cuts, this resource is confirmed as cancelled in Fiscal Year 2020/21. Current subscription term ends 12/31/2020.

To use: Log in using BU login. Must click on SUBMIT in order to login. User must create personalized account on GFD website. Data may be downloaded into statistical software for analysis. Click on GFDatabase on left to start searching. Coverage: varies with data set; year 1000 to present.

IHS Global Insight
U.S. and international financial, economic and industry data. Binghamton University users have access only to the Basic Economics files (U.S. data). The data can be accessed via WRDS (see below).

Historical Statistics of the United States
Includes over 12,500 time series and all descriptive text. Contains the complete Historical Statistics of the United States, 1975. Standard source for quantitative data of American history starting in Colonial times

Tab-delimited text for all tables, ready to download for manipulation and statistical analysis. Coverage: Colonial - 1970.
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) Data Archive
Provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. For more information see Data Services for Social Sciences.

Must set up an account using BU email address to download data on ICSPR site. Code books for data available on ICSPR site. ICSPR also offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use.
International Financial Statistics Online
Statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance from 200+ IMF countries. Contains approximately 32,000 time series of financial and economic data.

Topics covered include exchange rates, IMF position, international liquidity, money and banking accounts, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, national accounts, and population, balance of payment. Time series data may not be provided for all countries due to differences in national development, dates of inclusion in the IMF, and information provided by each individual country. Coverage: Annual data: 1948-present; Monthly and quarterly data: 1957-present.

National Population Census of China (Chinese)
2010 Chinese Census, covering provinces and municipalities, as well as national statistics.
National Population Census of China Database (English)
All data from the 2010 Chinese Census, including provinces and municipalities.
Penn World Tables
The Penn World Tables provides national income accounts-type of variables converted to international prices. Accessed via WRDS.

PolicyMap
Contains extensive demographic and economic information, though not much before 2010. Online GIS mapping tool that allows users to integrate over 15,000 data indicators from a variety of sources without having to download software. Users can also upload their own data using the My Data tool, and print, save or export maps.

Users can also upload their own data using the My Data tool, and print, save or export maps.
Social Explorer
Includes the entire US Decennial Census history from 1790 to 2010, all annual updates from the American Community Survey, the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1980 to 2000, and selected election and carbon emissions data.

Users can customize, save, print, export and email maps and reports. The site is updated three times annually. Includes only state and county data through 1930. Includes tracts 1940 to present and block groups 1980 to present. Does not include STF 1 block level data.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. Can download the statistics files as Excel files. Coverage: 1878-ongoing

Bartle HA206 .S8 for print.

USA Trade Online
US export and import information on more than 18,00 commodities worldwide. First time users should Sign Up for free registration.

Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)
The interface used to access the Compustat, CRSP, and other large financial and economic data files. Use of these files requires registration and is strictly restricted to Binghamton University faculty and students. A full listing of WRDS databases is listed on the WRDS page.
World Development Indicators
Contains statistical data for over 800 development indicators and time series data from 1960 for over 220 countries and country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. See the Data Manual for information on what is covered.

Works best with the Firefox browser. For earlier years, see Bartle Library CD-ROMs, HC59 .W6572.

International Data

Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy

Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook Covers trade flows from one region of the world to another. HF 91.I65

The Historical Direction of Trade Statistics (CD-ROM) Online HF1016 .D575 2002 covers approximately 1948 to 1980.

Economy in Latin America

European Marketing Data and Statistics Ref HA 1107.E87

Global Development Finance Also on (CD-ROM) Ref HJ8899 .W67 various years. Continued by International Debt Statistics

International Energy Agency

International Historical Statistics, 1750-2010

International Marketing Data and Statistics Ref HA 42.I56

Japan Statistical Yearbook

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online (U.N.)

National Bureau of Statistics of China

NBER

OECD Statistics

Statistics Canada

Survey Research Center listing of sources from University of Michigan Data Center

UNdata Explorer free data from the United Nations

Vizala.com International economics, market research and industry data.

Wolfram Alpha popular search engine for common statistics

World Development Reports