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Social Science Data: Economics

This is the Social Science Data Services site which provides/pulls together guidance on finding statistics and data in the social sciences.

Economics data & statistics

Economic Indicators:

Balance of Payments Statistics
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Data on employment, pay and benefits, inflation, productivity, consumer expenditures, and time use.
Commodity Price Statistics (UNCTAD)
Cost of living index (Council for Community and Economic Research)
In print in Dewey Library.
data.census.gov
Datastream
On workstations 5 & 6 in the Dewey Library
Economic Indicators (Council of Economic Advisers)
Economic Outlook Database (OECD)
Employment and Labour Market Statistics (OECD)
Eurostat
Federal Reserve: economic research and data
Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER)
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
Global Financial Database
Government Finance Statistics
IHS Global Insight
Click on the DataInsight Web IP Authenticated Users option.
International Financial Statistics (IMF) (via IHS Global Insight)
Main Economic Indicators (OECD)
National Accounts (OECD)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Data
Penn World Table (PWT)
Regional Economic Information System
On a on workstation in Dewey Library
Resources For Economists: Data
Social Expenditure (OECD)
STAN Structural Analysis (OECD)
Tax Statistics (OECD)
Value of a Dollar: Colonial Era to the Civil War, 1600-1865
In print in Dewey Library.
Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-2009

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