Economics - Research Guide: Data + Statistical Information

Country time-series on many topics. Output is in PDF format, but "Electronic supplementary material" links provide Excel xls-format dataset.

Identifies statistical publications, with filters for geographic areas and levels, time period, and many breakdowns categories.

Cambridge University Press, 2006. Historic time series complementing Statistical Abstract of the United States. Headnotes and table documentation are particularly valuable for next research steps.

Formerly Data Planet. Time-series data on many topics.

US Economic time series.

FRED's front-end for the Federal Reserve Board's Data Download Program. Includes visualizations and download links for Financial Accounts of the United States (Z.1), Household Debt Service Ratios, Foreign Exchange Rates, and more.

Conducted through the Gallup World Poll, with a linking case ID variable to annual Gallup World Poll microdata. See more information, including links to data tabulation tools on the Global Findex website.

Microdata extraction and tabulation platform for microdata from US Decennial Census and American Community Survey public-use microdata samples and (for historic Censuses, 100% samples), US Current Population Survey, the US National Health Interview Survey, US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, American Time Use Study, foreign census and household survey public-use microdata samples, DHS and other foreign health surveys. IPUMS NHGIS provides standardized GIS boundary files for historic US Decennial Censuses.

Triennial cross-sectional survey of US families, focused on family balance sheets, pensions, and income.

Download and extraction platform for delivering large datasets from data producers on behavioral economics and consumer insights, real estate, corporate finance, IP Address, foot traffic and POI, urban planning, weather, and workforce management.

A small sampling of Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research studies, a data archive holding more than 10,000 data studies.

Available in WRDS or via Lippincott Library.

Formerly ReferenceUSA. Current and historic business establishment information, with lat/lon geographic variables, 1997 to present. This website version permits small downloads. For large downloads, use the WRDS InfoGroup version.

Regional Input-Output Modeling System (RIMS II) provides multipliers to measure the effects of local demand shocks - potential economic impacts of local development projects - on total gross output, value added, earnings, and employment. Available for Delaware Valley counties and metropolitan area geographies.

Financial time-series datasets.

Annual multi-region input-output table (MRIO) model for 15,909 sectors including environmental and social satellite accounts for 190 countries, 1990-present. Includes Supply Chain Explorer visualization tool.

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, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Other databases in the World Bank Databank include Joint External Debt Hub, Worldwide Governance Indicators, Enterprise Surveys, Global Economic Monitor, and International Debt Statistics.

Other IMF datasets with global country coverage include Government Finance Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Financial Development Index, Balance of Payments and Direction of Trade, Structural Reform Database, and Regional Economic Outlook databases.

Use Penn Libraries instructions to unlock powerful query and download tools for this worldwide import/export time-series database.

A broad time series database similar to Sage Data. Includes enhanced time-series coverage for Brazil, Russia, India, China.

Downloadable microdata, with interactive tabulations, from India's mammoth continuous household survey for monthly waves, 2014-present.

China Statistical Databases;=China Census Databases; and China Spatial Data Service (China Geo-Explorer), economic and population data at many geographic levels.

A large collection of Chinese national,regional, and topical statistical yearbooks in PDF format with Excel table downloads.

Annuals and other reports from the State Committee of the Russian Federation on Statistics, the Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and regional entities. Output in Word or Excel formats.

Three inter-related databases of statistics on 23 post-Soviet Union countries in Central and Eastern Europe, generally 1989-present. wiiw Annual Database gives macroeconomic and structural indicators; wiiw Monthly Database gives 1,000 leading economic indicators; wiiw Database on Foreign and Direct Investment gives FDI time-series.