Economic Data/Statistics, Financial Data/Statistics, Industry Data/Statistics

U.S. Government

• American FactFinder

http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html

your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data

• U.S. State & County QuickFacts

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

includes data for cities and towns with more than 25,000 people in the United States.

• Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

http://www.cbo.gov/

current Federal spending and revenue; macro forecasts

• STAT-USA/Internet

http://www.stat-usa.gov/

a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is a single point of access to authoritative business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government

• CIA World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

detailed macro data of countries and districts around the world

• National Center for Education Statistics

http://nces.ed.gov/

is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

• Bureau of Economic Analysis

http://www.bea.gov/

GDP and components, personal income, survey of current business, regional data, input-output analysis

• Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/

CPI, PPI, Unemployment Rate, Employment Cost Index, productivity and cost information, labor force statistics for the current population, and monthly labor review

• National Statistical Abstract

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

“The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. “

• Foreign Trade Statistics

http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html

data on all U.S. imports and exports from Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau

• TradeStats Express

http://tse.export.gov/

enables individuals to retrieve, visualize, analyze, print, and download (US) trade data. This site will also generate custom-tailor graphics, data tables, and thematic maps using the latest annual trade numbers. It is perfect for researching national and international trade statistics.

• Edgar – A Database of Corporate Information

http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm

performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Its primary purpose is to increase the efficiency and fairness of the securities market for the benefit of investors, corporations, and the economy by accelerating the receipt, acceptance, dissemination, and analysis of time-sensitive corporate information filed with the agency.

United Nations

• Cyberschoolbus Nations Compare

http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/

a two-step database interface that allows you to view and compare statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations

Educational & Research

• University of Michigan Library Documents Center

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

statistical resources on the web

• NBER Macrohistory Database

http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/index.html

The NBER Database includes extensive economic data (including production, construction, employment, money, prices, asset market transactions, foreign trade, and government activity) collected by the NBER from the pre-WWI and interwar economies.

• Useful Data & Databases in MySQL and Excel

http://www.scrapingweb.com/databases.html

This is a collection of some very useful databases containing data of rarity value: geographical, historical, biographical, people, reference, countries, cities, books, medical, businesses, sports and so forth. These databases are very hard to come by and generally the best of their kinds you can find online. Great for educational and research usage because of the quality.

• Ohio State University Financial Data Finder

http://fisher.osu.edu/cgi-bin/DB_Search/db_search.cgi?setup_file=finance.setup.cgi

Search with keywords accounting, banks, equity, fixed income, mergers, risk management, derivatives, personal finances, international finance, consulting, employment, real estate, market and economy, exchanges, commodities, venture capital, investments, and financial institutions; and in various data types as historical data, quotes, links, news, software, reports, and research.

• OFFSTATS

http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/

Search by country, region, and topic

Federal Reserve

• Economic Data – FRB Dallas

http://www.dallasfed.org/data/index.html

a number of statistics that track the southwest regional economy and the U.S. economy, and links to international data sources

• FED Economic Data

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/

a database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series, you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.

Other Organizations

• FreeLaunch

http://www.economy.com/freelunch/

Find free economic, demographic & financial data in a wide range of options.

• CountryReports.org

http://www.countryreports.org/

detailed and structured data of countries around the world

• NationMaster

http://www.nationmaster.com/

interesting source of economic and other kind of statistics from around the world illustrated

• The Public Register’s Annual Report Service

http://www.prars.com/

The Public Register’s Annual Report Service (PRARS) provides annual reports free of charge on over 3,600 public companies trading on the NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, and OTC exchanges.