LibGuides: Economics and Finance: Data

General data sources

Bureau of Economic Analysis (bea.gov)
Find data and research relating to GDP, consumer spending, trade, inflation, employment, and other economic topics.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis gathers economic and financial datasets from a variety of proprietary and open sources. Create visualizations for a single or multiple datasets to create meaningful stories with the data, and download as graphs, charts, or tables.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Data
Microeconomic and financial data

ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) Data Archive
Find and download data sets and documentation in sociology, political science, education, economics, and other areas. Users may search for data, but will need to create an account to download data.

WRDS - Wharton Research Data Service
Data platform for business intelligence, finance, data analytics, and more. WRDS is available to UA faculty, instructors, and Ph.D. candidates. You must register on their site and be approved by Eller College of Management's Department of Finance, which manages the resource. For questions, contact the Finance Data Czar.

Economic indicators

Euromonitor's Passport GMID
Passport is a global market research database providing statistics, analysis, reports, surveys and breaking news on industries, countries and consumers worldwide. Detailed analysis of consumer and industrial markets around the world across 781 cities, 210 countries, and 27 industries with historic data for the last 15 years, and forecasts out to at least 5 years. Passport data is completely cross-country comparable.
ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) Data Archive
Find and download data sets and documentation in sociology, political science, education, economics, and other areas. Users may search for data, but will need to create an account to download data.
Market Atlas
Click on Economic in the top menu to view snapshots, analyses, and reports of the US economy.

Consumer Price Index and Rate of Inflation
From the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, the annual average CPI and Rate of Inflation from 1913-present.
World Development Indicators (World Bank)
The 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.

Stocks, markets, and exchanges

Value Line Research Center
Search for a company by name or stock ticker in the top right corner search box to bring up an interactive, customizable dashboard with earnings data, balance sheets, commentary, ratings, and more.

TreasuryDirect.gov Auctions - Announcements, Data, Results
Schedules, data, and statistics for U.S. Treasury auctions of bills, notes, bonds, FRNs, and TIPS.

Market Atlas
Click on Index to view current and historic returns for FTSE Russell indices. Can also view industry-specific returns for each index.

Trade (import and export), shipping, commodities, and foreign investments

Read the text under each website or database link below for instructions on finding international trade and/or commodity pricing data in that resource.

Direction of Trade Statistics - DOTS (IMF)
Trade statistics (value and volume of imports and exports) by country, with monthly, quarterly, and annual data frequencies. Browse links under Charts for pre-set tables and graphs or go to the Data Tables tab for an interactive dashboard. Maintained by IMF.

Euromonitor's Passport GMID
Use the Economies tab to browse dashboards and reports relating to commodities, economies, finance, and trade. Or, you can perform advanced searches using the Search All Categories box on the right side of most landing pages - select Economies from the drop-down menu, click Go, and choose from filters in Categories and Geographies to narrow your search. (Search results are separated under 3 different tabs based on type of content - analyses, statistics, dashboards.)

Freight Transportation - Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS.gov)
Find statistics, tables, and maps on US freight transportation.
International Trade and Investment - Bureau of Economic Analysis (bea.gov)
Find data on US international trade (goods, services), international direct investment; financials of multinational enterprises (US companies with affiliates abroad, and US affiliates of foreign companies), and other related topics.
MarineTraffic
Global ship tracking intelligence tool

Nexis Uni
IHS Shipping Data: go to Sources tab, then use search box on left side of screen to find IHS Shipping Data. Click on publication to browse, filter, and search transactions of cargo ships.
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Port Industry Statistics
Reports and statistics on US ports collected and compiled by the American Association of Port Authorities.
Primary Commodity Prices (IMF)
Browse commodity indices and market prices, interactive dashboards, and country-specific data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Research Center - International Trade Administration (Trade.gov)
Explore data for national and state exports/imports as well as global travel and tourism, plus industry and market research by country.
Trade Data and Analysis - International Trade Administration (Trade.gov)
Find statistics and data on national, state, and metro-area imports and exports, including goods by partner and product, top sectors and partners, and industry-level data, plus manufacturing market research.
U.S. Airport and Seaport Statistics
Snapshot of U.S. airports and seaports ranked in terms of tonnage and value of goods transported. Statistics at the port-level are provided for a limited number of ports free of charge.
USA Trade Online
Provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, this data tool provides access to current and cumulative U.S. export and import data. Use cases include market research (identify and evaluate new or existing markets); economic research; and trade policy research. Data are updated each month with the release of the latest U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Report. Free account creation required.

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