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Economic Indicators

U.S. Federal Agencies | International Organizations | Research Centers | Commercial Publishers

U.S. Federal Agencies

Bureau of Economic Analysis
Provides access to data on U.S. regional, national, international, and industry accounts.

Economic Indicators (Council of Economic Advisers)
Monthly compilation of prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance.
Dewey Library - Journal Collection | 1948:May- |
Latest 20 years on 1st floor; earlier in basement

FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
A database of over 13,000 historical U.S. financial and economic time series, including interest rates, commercial banking and monetary data. Includes GeoFRED, a data-mapping tool which displays color-coded employment data on the state, MSA, and county levels.

FRASER (Federal Reserve Board)
Historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.

International Organizations

International Financial Statistics (MIT only)
Economic time series data data for member countries of the International Monetary Fund, covering approximately 26,000 economic concepts, including exchange rates, prices, production, trade, balance of payments, banking and financial systems, employment, and many other indicators.

SourceOECD (MIT only)
Under OECD Databases see Economic Outlook, Main Economic Indicators, and National Accounts.

World Development Indicators (MIT only)
Statistical data on the global economy for over 200 countries. Contains time series data from 1960-current for over 550 development indicators.

Research Centers

National Bureau of Economic Research: Data
Provides links to data files in areas such as macroeconomics, industries, international trade, social surveys, and health care.

Commercial Publishers

Datastream Advance (MIT only)
Comprehensive financial and economic database with domestic and international coverage, including over 87,000 economic time series.
Dewey Library workstation 12 or on workstations in the Sloan Trading Room, E52-010.

Global Financial Database (MIT only)
Collection of international and U.S. financial and economic data. Has more than 6500 current and historical (some back more than 100 years) data series covering over 150 countries.

IHS Global Insight
Historical data on national income accounts, balance of payments, foreign debt, exchange rates, money supply, and employment, among other categories. Provides access to the Basic U.S. Economic Indicators and International Economic Indicators data banks. IHS Global Insight can be accessed via one of two interfaces:

• IHS Global Insight via WRDS (MIT only: certificates required)
• IHS Global Insight Web (MIT only)