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    Bureau of Economic Analysis  An agency of the US Department of Commerce, the BEA is the nation's economic accountant, preparing estimates that illuminate key national, international, and regional aspects of the U.S. economy.  The site contains both US and international data and articles

    Economic Growth Resources  From Oxford University’s Institute of Economics and Statistics, this site provide information on economic growth including journals, working papers, data sets and more

    Economic Indicators Monthly  From the Joint Economic Committee of the Council of Economics Advisors, this site provides data on many macroeconomic variables such as GDP, incomes, prices, credit and interest rates

    Economic Report of the President  This site also gives access to statistical data on several items including international trade, productivity, national income and employment. 

    Eurostat Statistics of all types from the European Union

    FEDSTATS   Provides easy access to more than 70 agencies in the US Federal Government which produce statistics of interest to the public

    FRED From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Provides historical US economic and financial data including interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates and balance of payments data

    Globastat Country rankings based on the CIA World Factbook data. Compares and ranks countries to each other in the categories of geography, people, economy, government, communications, military and transportation

    Handbook of International Economic Statistics  The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) puts out basic worldwide statistics for comparing economic performance major countries and regions

    International Statistics Institute  Their objective is "the development and improvement of statistical methods and their application throughout the world, all this in the widest sense of the words."  Check here for links to the National Statistics Offices in some 61 countries

    Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Statistics This site includes statistics for different sectors from agriculture to social policy.

    Penn World Tables  Massive amounts of economic data organized by topic and country.

    Resources for Economists on the Internet; Data

    Statistical Agencies in the UNECE Region Links to statistical agencies, both international and national in the Economic Commission for Europe region.

    Statistical Data Locators  From Nanyang Technological Library, Singapore; a very comprehensive site, statistical sources by region and subject. 

    Statistical Resources on the Web  This is THE site for statistics on the Web; it has everything.  "Meta-index to statistical web sites and individual statistical publications arranged by broad subject category from the University of Michigan Documents Center."  Subjects covered include: agriculture; business and industry; consumer; cost of living; demographics; economics; education; energy; environment; finance and currency; foreign economics; foreign governments; foreign trade; US government finances; health; housing; labor; military; politics; science; sociology; transportation; weather."  Each site is annotated.

    United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Statistics Division Includes statistical data in categories Demographic and Social, Energy, Environment, Industry, National Accounts, and Trade.

    US Census Bureau Links to the central statistics agency of each country, alphabetically

    WebEc Statistics Resources  An excellent set of links, many of which are listed here

Economic Reform & Development Data

Emerging Markets Data

    Economic Growth Center  From Yale’s Economics Department, the Center's objective is to study and promote understanding of the economic development process within low-income countries and how development is affected by trade and financial relations between these countries and those that developed earlier

    Economic Growth Resources  From the Institute of Economics and Statistics at Oxford University, this site is home to information on economic growth including data sets, journals, working papers, references, research and more

    External Debt Statistics  This site provides the latest international data available, mainly from creditor sources, on the external debt of developing and transition countries and territories. IT is updated each quarter and available in .pdf or Excel format.  Brought to you by the Bank for International Settlements, the IMF, OECD and World Bank

    Foreign Labor Statistics  The Bureau of Labor Statistics maintains this page with comparative statistical information on labor conditions and developments around the world

International Trade Data

    Bureau of Economic Analysis  An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the BEA is the nation's economic accountant, preparing estimates that illuminate key national, international, and regional aspects of the U.S. economy.  The site contains both U.S. and international data and articles

    Empirical Investigations in International Trade  From Purdue University, this site contains general information resources

    Handbook of International Economic Statistics From the CIA

    InfoNation  From the UN CyberSchoolBus, this site includes information on the UN member countries which can be viewed using some 36 unique data series

    International Trade Administration  Lots of trade statistics and information from the US Department of Commerce

    Office of Trade and Industry Information Lots of trade statistics and information

    Penn World Tables  Massive amounts of economic data organized by topic and country

    Statistical Resources on the Web  This is THE site for statistics on the Web; it has everything.  "Meta-index to statistical web sites and individual statistical publications arranged by broad subject category from the University of Michigan Documents Center."  Subjects covered include: agriculture; business and industry; consumer; cost of living; demographics; economics; education; energy; environment; finance and currency; foreign economics; foreign governments; foreign trade; US government finances; health; housing; labor; military; politics; science; sociology; transportation; weather."  Each site is annotated 

    STAT-USA  A service of the US Department of Commerce, is the site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government. International Economic Statistics  This site offers a country by country listing of all statistic agencies.  Well organized

    Statistique Canada 

    Trade Data Online  A joint effort from Statistique Canada and the US Department of Commerce, this site provides extensive trade resources:  imports/exports for over 200 countries, data on some 500 manufacturers and resource industries, EU, NAFTA, APAC, etc information.  You can print reports and graphs and customize report data for your needs 

    Trade Statistics for OAS Countries

    United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Statistics Division Includes statistical data in categories Demographic and Social, Energy, Environment, Industry, National Accounts, and Trade

    US Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Statistics  Extensive information on trade:  trade data and reports, country by country trade data, foreign trade regulations, Schedule B, plus a guide to Foreign Trade Statistics

    WebEc Statistics Resources  An excellent set of links, many of which are listed here