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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.