The purpose of this page is to provide a service to all people interested in finding economic data via the internet. The internet provides vast sources of economic data and our goal is to make it easier for people to find these sources. This site would not be as thorough without the research of Bill Goffe, Dept. of Economics and International Business at the University of Southern Mississippi. His guide to Resources for Economists on the Internet is an excellent jumping-off point for those interested in additional sources of economic data or other economics-related material available on the Internet.

This site contains short summaries of the data that can be found at each site. To avoid going through all of the summaries, click on the following links to move to where you want to go.

Census Data
U.S. Government Agencies
Federal Reserve Banks
International Data Links
Country Data
Finance Data

Census Data

U.S. Census Bureau

This site contains a great wealth of data. If it is provided by the census it can be found here. It provides general interest materials and highly detailed information. Besides census data, this site also provides the latest briefs provided by the bureau.

Government Information Sharing Project

This site provides census data in a manner that makes it very easy to find what you are looking for. It separates subjects into Demographics, Education, and Economics. The site is updated as the most recent census data is available.

U.S. Government Agencies

Offers summary data and graphs on the following categories: output; income; employment, unemployment, and earnings; production and business activity; prices; money, credit, and securities markets; transportation; and international statistics.

U.S Department of Economic Analysis

The most valuable information that can be attained without obtaining a membership is available in the news release information. The site contains the most requested recent data. There is not a lot of data to be found, but it is very specific.

U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics

This site contains data on the following: employment and unemployment; prices and living conditions; compensation and living conditions; and productivity and technology. This site also contains recent releases by the bureau.

Social Security Administration

This site provides annual and current statistics.

USDA Economics | USDA Agriculture

These two sites provide a wide range of agriculture topics. The majority of data can be found in the Economics site, but the Agriculture site offers extensive information on agriculture by counties and states.

National Transportation Statistics

This site provides a variety of statistics on the U.S transportation system. This site also provide valuable information on energy, ranging from nuclear to coal.

FDIC

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation provides statistics on banking. These statistics include historical data, quarterly banking profiles, and reports released by the FDIC.

Federal Reserve System Board of Governors

This site provides data that has been released by the Fed in the categories of weekly, monthly, and annual. The data changes depending on the most recent releases.

Federal Reserve Banks

These sites provide valuable economic data for each of their regions.

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

The FRB of St. Louis is a good site to find the following: U.S. financial data; monthly monetary data; monthly interest rates; monthly reserves; monthly commercial banking data; quarterly fiscal data; quarterly GDP and components; monthly CPI; monthly PPI; monthly employment and population data; monthly exchange rate data; and regional 8th district data.

International Data Links

World Bank

This data base links you into 170 different economies, covering health, demographic, and economic information.

Inter-American Development Bank

This site has summary statistical data on their member countries.

Penn World Tables

This site make it easy to retrieve world economic data through a browser.

The International Trade Centre

This site provides a comprehensive source of trade statistics that covers over 100 countries. There is a wealth of time series data that is available in the following: agriculture; fisheries; forestry; economics; and nutritional data.

PACIFIC Exchange Rates

This site provides current and historical exchange rates that are updated daily from many countries.

Country Data

The following are statistical economic data for the individual countries.

Statistics Canada

Mexico

New Zealand

Australia

Finance

Bloomberg Personal

Offers summary information on markets around the world.

QuoteCom Data Service

This site offers data on the U.S. markets, four London exchanges, five European exchanges, and Canadian exchanges.

Quicken

This site offers a large amount of information on financial services for individuals.