EconLit--A
search engine for academic economic literature (available to WWU only).Economic Data Sources
The following sites have proved to be good sources of economic data:
EconLit--A
search engine for academic economic literature (available to WWU only).
Domestic
Data
St. Louis Federal
Reserve Economic Data--Money,
GDP, Price Levels, etc.
IPUMS--Univ. of Minnesota compilation of world wide census data
StatsIndiana--A
ton of city, county, and state level economic data
Chicago Federal
Reserve Economic Data--has daily interest rates, etc.
Free Lunch--Over a million time series data sets including daily stock market data.
EconData--Some regional data, a lot of manufacturing and NIPA data
National Bureau of
Economic Research
Economagic: Economic Time
Series Page--Good
resource for macro data
The Dismal Scientist--Daily
information
The Fair Model
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation--Banks,
Banks and more Banks
Government Information Sharing Project--Region economic information, population, census
Panel Study of Income Dynamics--Household data on income, age, etc.
WebEc--General list of many data sources
Bureau of Economic Analysis--International, National, and Regional Data
Energy Informatiom Administration--Data on each fuel category
U.S. Department of Agriculture
General Social Survey--Annual interview survey (35,000 responses to 2500 questions)
United States Statistical Abstracts
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
The Conference Board--Home of the Leading Economic Indicators Index
Real Time Data--American Macroeconomic data issued at the original date of publication (before updates, revisions, etc.)
The Livingston Survey--A survey of forecasts on future values of Macro data by economic "experts"
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Economic
Growth Data
Jones and Obstfeld--Economic growth data from 13 countries starting in 1850
Penn World Tables--Growth data on over 120 countries
International
Data
Central Bank Resource Center--An
excellent source to find any of the World's Central Banks
Foreign
Trade
Statistics (Census Bureau)
World Fact
Book (CIA)
Foreign
Government Data Sources
International Trade Administration--Trade statistics
Crime
Data
Bureau of Justice Statistics--Crime data by state, locality or nation
Crime Statistics--Link to a number of crime statistics
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data--A service of ICPSR
Education
Data
Common Core Data--School Level Data
National Center for Education Statistics
U.S.
Election Data
Other
Sources of Information
The Mining Company--A webpage devoted to current economic data and thought.
Economic Report of the President
Quantitative Macroeconomics and Real Business Cycle Theory--links to RBC research and data
WebEc--Listing of Economics Journals
The Fed in Print--Listing and links to articles published in the Federal Reserve Bulletins
Dupuy Data--War Data
Baseball
Statistics
Student
Economic Journals
Student Economic Review--A Journal Published by and for Students
Economic
Working Papers
Economics Working Paper Archives
Economic
History Sites
Economic History Services Operated by the Cliometric Society
Local
Washington Data
State of Washington Labor Market Data (by Zip Code, City, County, and State)
Data
Files (You need to download these to your computer. Do not open
them
straight from the webpage)
Navy File: A sample of current and prior Navy officers and the rank they attained. Good for determining the number and probability of promotion based upon education, etc. (Excel File)