Research Guides: Economics: Data & Statistics

U.S. Government Statistics

U. S. Census
U. S. Census Current Population Survey
Vast amount of socioeconomic data.
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
BEA's National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA)
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Includes the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), Current Employment Statistics (CES), and Productivity
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Statistics on business cycles (recession and recovery)
U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Financial data (e.g., credit, flow of assets, interest rates, money supply)
National Longitudinal Survey (NLS)
Vast amount of data on labor market activities.

EuroStats
From the European Union
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Development, employment, health, national accounts
The World Bank
World Development Indicators (WDI), Global Development Finance (GDF)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, debt; International Financial Statistics (IFS): exchange rates, trade, government accounts, national accounts.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Human Development Index (HDI), Human Poverty Index (HPI)
World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER)
World Income Inequality Database (WIID): Comprehensive database of measures of income inequality (Gini coefficient) across several countries and through time.

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
Vast amount of data on households' income sources, employment, occupation, poverty status