Economics Research Guide: Online Resources

The Data Catalog provides download access to over 8,000 indicators from World Bank data sets. This is a rich repository of statistical data, which is free to the public.

Site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics with links to many more countries' statistical sites.

The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

FDsys: Federal Digital System is the GPO's only site for both current and historical information from all three branches of teh Federal Government.

Federal Reserve Economic Data - 41,000 economic time series from 39 sources. Download, graph, and track economic data.

The 2011 list of the world's 2000 largest companies.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.

An economic information portal for librarians and students from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank

"Economics made clear."

The Open Knowledge Repository is a project from the World Bank to preserve and make available to the public its vast storehouse of publications. Launched in April 2012, the site comprises World Bank resources published from 2005 to 2012, including reports, academic books, journals, and working papers. (Choice, Nov. 2012)

This guide is sponsored by the American Economic Association. It lists more than 2,000 resources in 97 sections and sub-sections available on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists.

The Department of Commerce’s mission is to create the conditions for economic growth and opportunity for all communities. Through its 13 bureaus, the Department works to drive U.S. economic competitiveness, strengthen domestic industry, and spur the growth of quality jobs in all communities across the country.