Research Guides: Data and Statistics for Business and Economics: Data and Statistics

ALFRED Archival Federal Reserve Economic Data
St. Louis Fed. "ALFRED® allows you to retrieve vintage versions of economic data that were available on specific dates in history... Vintage or real time economic data allows academics to reproduce others' research, build more accurate forecasting models, and analyze economic policy decisions using the data available at the time."
American Community Survey Data Profiles
"Data Profiles have the most frequently requested social, economic, housing, and demographic data. Each of these four subject areas is a separate data profile. The data profiles summarize the data for a single geographic area, both numbers and percent, to cover the most basic data on all topics." (United States Census Bureau)
Bureau of Economic Analysis
GDP, National Accounts, Industry Data, International Trade and Investment Data, Regional and State Estimates.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumer Price Index, Current Population Survey, Employment Cost Trends, Local Area Unemployment and Producer Price Index.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
By mode, region, and subject.
Business and Economy
U.S. Census Bureau. Monthly, quarterly, yearly, and five-year basis. Includes option for "visualization" of key data.
Consumer Price Index
"...monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. "
County Business Patterns
"...annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. The series is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses. Businesses use the data for analyzing market potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales and advertising programs, setting sales quotas, and developing budgets. Government agencies use the data for administration and planning."
data.census.gov
Access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Data Tools and Apps
U.S. Census Bureau. A-Z listing of data tools and applications.
Datafinder - U.S. Data
Population Reference Bureau. "...Demographers in PRB’s U.S. Programs have selected key U.S. indicators that can be viewed in map, tabular, and trend chart formats, by state and county."
Economic Census
U.S. Census Bureau "...profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level."
Economic Indicators
U.S. Census Bureau. New residential sales, construction, retail trades, wholesale trade, more.
Economic Report of the President
Annual report written by the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.
Energy Information Administration
"Independent statistics and analysis."
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Statistical, analytical, and historical data on banks and the banking industry.
Federal, State & Local Governments
U.S. Census Bureau. Employment, payroll, finance, more.
Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances
"...triennial cross-sectional survey of U.S. families."
FRASER Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
Historical statistics complementing FRED Federal Reserve Economic Data
FRED Federal Reserve Economic Data
Economic time series database. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
General Social Survey
NORC. "...contains a standard ‘core’ of demographic and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. Many of the core questions have been unchanged since 1972 to facilitate time trend studies as well as replication of earlier findings."

Government Finance Statistics
Contains detailed annual statistical data on revenue, expense, transactions in assets and liabilities, and stocks of assets and liabilities of general government and its subsectors as reported by member countries.

Health and Retirement Study
University of Michigan. "...longitudinal panel study that surveys a representative sample of approximately 20,000 Americans over the age of 50 every two years. Supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA U01AG009740) and the Social Security Administration..."
Historical Tables (U.S. Federal Government finances)
Historical Budgets of the United States, 1940-
ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. UH Manoa is not a current member. [Note from provider: "Some ICPSR data are freely available for anyone to download from our website. These data are part of the topical archives at ICPSR and generally include data pertaining to criminal justice, health and aging, substance abuse and mental health, child care, and health and medical care. Other data, referred to as members-only data, can only be downloaded by member institutions. Individuals at nonmember institutions interested in those data should send email to ICPSR User Support at ICPSR-help@umich.edu or call (734) 647-2200 for access information. ICPSR typically charges an access fee of approximately $550 per dataset."]

Sage Data, powered by Data Planet
Formerly Data-Planet Statistical Datasets, search 52 billion data points in over 6.2 billion datasets sourced from over 70 public and private data providers. Allows users to manipulate datasets, compare multiple indicators and multiple sources, chart trends over time, and spatially represent data without requiring additional software programs. Includes the EASI Analytics Market Planner module, Data Axle Reference Solutions, as well as data from Zillow, Factset Corporate Fundamentals, US Stock Market Prices, and selected international market indices and exchanges.
Statista
Statistics and studies from market research institutions, business organizations, government agencies, scientific publications, and more. Covers business, media, technology, society, education and more. The Consumer Insights module, including the Global Consumer Survey, provides consumer behavior, consumption, media usage for more than 55 countries.

STATS America
"STATS America is a service of the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. We obtain thousands of data items from hundreds of data sets from dozens of federal and state sources, along with some commercial or private source data. While STATS America adds value to these data through easy access and functionality, we acknowledge the direct agency source of the data on every table, profile or map."
Trade Data & Analysis
International Trade Administration. "Get the latest data and reports produced by ITA's team of trade specialists. Data series and reports for both public and government use." Includes state and metropolitan exports.

ADB Open Access Repository, Data and Statistics
Asian Development Bank.
Bank for International Settlements
"...unique source of information on various elements of the global financial system."
Central bank and monetary authority websites
Bank for International Settlements global list of central banks.
DataFinder - International Data
Population Reference Bureau. "...offers the latest population, health, and environment indicators for more than 200 countries and territories, each carefully researched and vetted by PRB’s expert team of demographers and analysts."
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
Annual publication from UN.

EIU Online (subscription expires December 31, 2024)
Includes Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) publications analyzing and forecasting the economic, political and business environments of almost 200 countries. Current publications include Country Reports, Country Commerce (business and trade regulations), Country Finance (taxation and investment), ViewsWire, Premium Country Access for China, Global Forecasting Service.

ESCAP Statistical Database
58 regional member countries. 600 data series on population, education, health, economy, environment, more. Updated twice a year.

Global Financial Development
External debt and financial flow data for 128 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System. Time series for 200 indicators run from 1970 to current, with contractual obligations data out seven years. External debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructuring, and scheduled debt projections.
Government Finance Statistics
Contains detailed annual statistical data on revenue, expense, transactions in assets and liabilities, and stocks of assets and liabilities of general government and its subsectors as reported by member countries.

ILOSTAT
International Labour Organization. Cross-country statistics on the labor market. Contains over 100 indicators covering more than 230 countries and economies.
IMF Data
International Monetary Fund. "...range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators."
Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb
U.S. International Trade Commission. International trade statistics and U.S. tariff data. Available in several classification systems on a monthly, quarterly, annual, or year-to-date basis. Free registration required.
International Data Base
U.S. Census Bureau. "...offers a variety of demographic indicators for 224 countries and areas of the world. The IDB has provided access to demographic data for over 25 years to governments, academics, other organizations, and the public. It is funded by organizations that sponsor the research of the Census Bureau's International Programs Center."

International Financial Statistics
Current and historical financial and economic data for IMF member countries. Time series data from 1948. Includes data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts.

International Labor Comparisons
U.S. Census Bureau.
International Programs Data, U.S. Census Bureau
Includes International Data Base (IDB), World Population Summary, Country Rankings, more.
Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries
Regional tables of socio-economic and financial indicators for 45 developing member countries.

OECD iLibrary
OECD iLibrary includes online access to statistical databases, books and periodicals published by OECD.
Passport
Passport by Euromonitor is a comprehensive market research database providing key business intelligence on markets, consumers and companies, emphasizing consumer-related industries. It is an excellent source for international data, including market forecasts, consumer market sizes, consumer lifestyles, brands, and more.

Penn World Tables 10.1 (1950-2019) via Sage Data
Note: From the Sage Data menu select "Source" > "Groningen Growth and Development Centre." Includes national accounts economic time series covering 183 countries. Also available directly from the Centre's Online data access tool.

Statista
Statistics and studies from market research institutions, business organizations, government agencies, scientific publications, and more. Covers business, media, technology, society, education and more. The Consumer Insights module, including the Global Consumer Survey, provides consumer behavior, consumption, media usage for more than 55 countries.
UN Comtrade Commodity Trade Statistics Database
United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database. Annual international trade statistics, detailed by commodity and partner country. All values are converted into US dollars using exchange rates supplied by the countries, or derived from monthly market rates and volume of trade.

UNCTAD Statistics
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. "Most of the time series cover long periods, with some dating back to 1948, for almost all economies of the world."
UNdata
"...find official statistics produced by countries and compiled by United Nations data system, as well as estimates and projections... agriculture, education, energy, industry, labour, national accounts, population and tourism."
UNIDO Statistics Data Portal
"UNIDO maintains a variety of databases comprising statistics of overall industrial growth, detailed data on business structure and statistics on major indicators of industrial performance by country in the historical time series." [United Nations Industrial Development Organization]
World Bank Data
More than 2,000 indicators now available for free. Note: "Much of the data comes from the statistical systems of member countries, and the quality of global data depends on how well these national systems perform."

World Development Indicators
1960-present. Provides direct access to more than 900 development indicators, with time series data for more than 200 countries and 18 country groupings. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Updated monthly. Export to Excel and CSV.

WTO Stats (World Trade Organization)
"...statistical indicators related to WTO issues. Available time series cover merchandise trade and trade in services statistics (annual, quarterly and monthly), market access indicators (bound, applied & preferential tariffs), non-tariff information as well as other indicators."

DLIR Research & Statistics Division
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Research & Statistics Division, State of Hawaii. Employment, Unemployment, Wages, Work Injuries.
Native Hawaiian Databook
"The data book was produced as a response to OHA’s fiduciary obligation of compiling “basic demographic data on native Hawaiians and Hawaiians” and identify “the physical, sociological, psychological, and economic needs of native Hawaiians and Hawaiians” [Hawaii Revised Statute, Chapter 10, Section 10–6(1)]. "
Research and Economic Analysis (DBEDT)
Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism. Economic forecasts, Hawaiʻi census data, visitor statistics, Honolulu Consumer Spending, more.
State of Hawaii Data Book
"...official summary of statistics on the social, economic, and political organization of our state." 2000-present.
UHERO
The Economic Research Organization at the University of Hawaiʻi. Forum for scholars, public policy makers and business leaders on economic matters. Analysis and forecasts for the economy both on a state and global level.