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  IHS Global Insight [Details]
Provides historical economic and financial data time series and includes access to U.S., regional and global macroeconomic indicators, industrial markets, foods, crops, metals, financials, housing, Federal Funds, price indices and national accounts. Data is gathered from government agencies, private entities and international organizations such as the IMF and OECD updated when made available by the source. To access data, link to DATAINSIGHTWEB where you can search by criteria or do a keyword search and download results directly to Excel.

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  Bureau of Economic Analysis [Details]
"The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) promotes a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing the most timely, relevant, and accurate economic accounts data in an objective and cost-effective manner."
  Census of the U.S. Economy [Details]
This is the 2002 Census of the U.S. Economy. The 1997 issue is also available online.
  Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) [Details]
Commerce Reports, Country Reports, Country Profiles (last published in 2008) and Market Indicators and Forecasts from the Economist Intelligence Unit offer monthly and annual in depth analysis, data and ratings for the infrastructure, demographics, political scene, domestic economy, foreign trade, including regional and industrial sector breakdowns for over 200 countries.
  Eurostat [Details]
"Eurostat is the Statistical Office of the European Communities. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level. By harmonising statistics from the European statistical system (ESS) to a single methodology, the statistics are made comparable"
  FedStats [Details]
"The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies."
  Global Financial Data [Details]
Global Finacial Data features historical data on worldwide stock exchanges, bond indices,intraday data, futures data,interest rates, population data, and much more, there are currently 20,000 data sets available. All data is clearly defined, easy to read, and is readily downloadable into Excel.
  Global Market Information Database (Euromonitor) [Details]
This resource is a database of demographic, economic, lifestyle, and consumer market information for over 350 markets and 207 countries. Statistics cover consumer lifestyles, retailing, and consumer market sizes and forecasts. The data includes 6-year historic market size data for more than 330 consumer products in 52 countries, plus 5-year forecasts. Lifestyle indicators for 71 countries, lifestyle reports for 65 countries, and country profiles for 250 countries are also included.
  Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 [Details]
A compendium of statistics from over 1000 sources last updated in the distant 1975 and has been expanded to include over 37,000 data series. Topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field. The fully searchable and downloadable edition will permit users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest.
  ICPSR [Details]
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research holdings include several time series and other types of aggregate data, its holdings consist mainly of raw data derived from surveys, censuses, and administrative records. The data holdings contain some 6,000 studies and 450,000 files that cover a wide range of social science areas such as population, economics, education, health, social and political behavior, social and political attitudes, history, crime, aging, and substance abuse. Click for searching tips.
  IMF Statistics [Details]
International Monetary Fund statistics on Balance of Payments, International Financial Statistics, Government Finance Statistics and Direction of Trade Statistics. Time series are presented in browsable and searchable tree. Results may be downloaded in a variety of formats.
  International Labour Organization [Details]
The ILO is a UN organization devoted to promoting fair working standards. It is a good source for reports and statistics on global employment trends and policy.
  Liber8 [Details]
Economic information portal from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for university and government documents librarians and students. Single point of access to economic information from the Federal Reserve, other government agencies including an International Economic Statistics databases.
  OFFSTATS Official Statistics on the Web [Details]
Free directory of links to official statistics on the web searchable by country or topic.
  Penn World Tables [Details]
Comparable purchasing power parity and national income accounts data for 188 countries.
  Social Expenditure Database (OECD) [Details]
OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable, up-to-date and internationally comparable statistics on public and private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and analysing changes in its composition. Data in SOCX ranges in time from 1980 to 1999. NOTE: Database requires use of at least I.E. 5.5.02 or Netcape 7.0. A User Guide (PDF)is available here.
  SourceOECD Statistics [Details]
Data and metadata for OECD countries and some selected non-member countries for everything from Agriculture to Welfare.
  STAT-USA [Details]
Economic, business and international trade information produced by the U.S. Government.
  Statistical (Lexis Nexis) [Details]
Provides the index and abstracts to American Statistics Index (U.S. government statistical sources). Contains over 100,000 statistical publications and is searchable by subject, category, title and author.
  Statistical Abstract of the United States [Details]
Includes everything from government spending to the environment to communications. It is a most comprehensive one-volume reference source on the Nation's economic and social condition.
  United Nations Statistics [Details]
Global statistical information on economics, demographic, social indicators, environment, energy and Millennium Development Goals.
  World Development Indicators [Details]
World Development Indicators (WDI) publication is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. The 2007 WDI includes more than 900 indicators in over 80 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links.
  WRDS [Details]
Covers over 30,000 companies and includes security prices and trading volume, income and balance sheet items. Provides access to IBES' analyst projections for earnings and sales. WRDS also contains stock market indices, bond prices and interest rates, mutual fund and stock ownership information, options data, and a wide array of macroeconomic time series. International data, marketing and industry reports, and web usage data are also available on WRDS.

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