Economics Subject Guide

This government agency produces reports and statistics related to GDP, trade, foreign investment, and income, with breakdowns by region and industry.

The BLS produces statistics related to employment, wages, productivity, and inflation, including data at the state and metro level.

Download spreadsheets containing historic time-series data for the major indicators (such as housing starts, retail sales, GDP, and construction spending).

This database offers thousands of time series of U.S. economic data. The data can be viewed in charts or downloaded for analysis.

Find economic and demographic data for North Carolina, plus links to other statistics collected by state agencies.

This website from the Economic Policy Institute offers charts and tables on issues like unemployment, poverty, and income. The underlying data can be downloaded for Excel.

Access tables and maps about economic conditions, businesses, and demographics from the range of data collected by the Census Bureau.

Access detailed monthly trade statistics for a wide range of commodities.

This database helps you extract time series data on unemployment, prices, and other labor-related variables.

Use the IMF's World Economic Outlook databases for country-level macroeconomic data, or access financial data like debt, exchange rates, and investment.

Access the latest economic statistics on OECD countries by topic or country.

This database is the best source for data on foreign direct investment between countries, and is also a good source for trade data.

Do a quick search for statistical data as collected by the wide range of UN umbrella organizations.

The DataBank contains country-by-country time series data on hundred of economic and social indicators, including GDP, inflation, national debt and savings.