Research Guides: Data: Economic Data & Statistics

Assistant Professor & Social Sciences Librarian

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1858 Neil Avenue
222F Thompson Library
614-292-9437
bussell.21@osu.edu

I am on leave this summer, returning to the office on Monday, August 13.

For help while I am away, please contact Reference Services by phone (614-292-6785) or email. For in-depth research questions, the Reference Services staff will refer you to the appropriate interim subject librarian.

For requests to purchase books or to recommend other resources for potential purchase, please write to Gene Springs, Collections Strategist, at springs.14@osu.edu.

Subjects:Communications, Economics, Political Science

Economics Data & Statistics

International Economic Data & Statistics

World Development Indicators Online
World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.

World Bank Open Data
Free and open access economic and demographic data for countries across the world.

Global Financial Data
Global Financial Data is a searchable interface of current and historical financial and economic data. OSU users have access to the GFDatabase and the Real Estate Database collections. Data in the GFDatabase covers 200 global markets back to 1265 across such topics as asset allocation, commodities, economic and social indicators, equity, exchange rates, fixed-income assets, government and debt, international trade, and national accounts and GDP.
International Monetary Fund Statistical Databases
Includes Balance of Payment Statistics, International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics.
EMIS Intelligence
The EMIS Intelligence Service aggregates and produces content including full-text news articles, financial statements, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific information for countries regarded as emerging markets.

U.S. Economic Data & Statistics

Data-Planet Statistical Datasets
Provides access to statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.
Sage Stats
SAGE Stats provides annual measures dating back more than two decades. It features statistical data series created from more than 200,000 government and non-government datasets, covering popular topics of research interest for U.S. states, counties, cities, metropolitan areas, and ZIP codes. Allows for quick downloads, comparisons, and visualizations.

Data.gov
Open data from U.S. federal government.

ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States
The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States
Historical Statistics of the United States
Contains more than 37,000 annual time series of quantitative historical information covering many quantifiable dimension of American history, including economic structure and performance.

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Empirical data on the U.S. economy. Includes long time series.

Datastream

Datastream provides access to historic financial and economic datasets. It is only accessible via the Bloomberg Terminal in Mason Hall 147 via Microsoft Excel Add-In.

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