Economics - Former

Discusses when and where particular indicators are available, content, methodology, accuracy, and coverage.

Edited by Bill Goffe from Penn State and published by the American Economic Association, this site lists and describes major U.S. and international economic data sources available through the Internet. Arranged by categories such as U.S. and international data, forecasts, and mailing lists. Includes Economics Search Engine, which indexes 23,000 economics web sites.

The University of Iowa Institute for Economic Research publishes a narrative summary of the Iowa and U.S. economic outlook and detailed economic indicators and forecasts. Also reports its Iowa Revenue Growth Forecast to the the Iowa Revenue Estimating Conference.

Provides data and other information on the Cedar Valley area, such as labor force details.

Iowa Workforce Development supplies economic indicator data on employment, income, and other variables for the state and for some sub-state regions and cities.

Provides Iowa data on workforce development, labor market, and related topics.

The Iowa Revenue Estimating Conference prepares State of Iowa general fund revenue estimates. The Governor and the Legislature use these estimates in preparing the state budget.

"An official Web site of U.S. Census Bureau demographic, social, economic, and housing statistics about Iowa."

Provides regional, national, and international data on topics such as gross domestic product, international trade, and industry output.

Provides data and analysis on on employment, wages, and other labor-related topics.

Includes Economic Census and survey data for manufacturing, retail, service, wholesale as well as other Census programs on topics such as county business patterns and small business.

Produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED provides U.S. and some international economic time series data in categories such as interest rates, consumer prices, and employment. "All dates are represented as daily dates for consistency and ease of use. We chose a single date format that is widely supported by various spreadsheet applications (Excel, Lotus, etc.) and statistical software packages (SAS, Eviews, Stata, RATS, etc.). "

Summarizes economic and other statistics originally reported in various government and private sources. Notes below each table indicate source of data. Serves as guide to other statistical publications. Available for the years 1878 to the present.

Contains the presiding administration's analysis of the state of the economy. Detailed appendices provide time series related to income, employment, and production.

Provides monthly summary of major economic indicators related to gross domestic product, income, spending, employment, production, prices, money, government finance, and international trade.

The NBER publishes business cycle data and other data through its research programs.

Economic data can be browsed by country, topic, or specific indicator.

Provides country and international statistics on topics such as commodities, demographics, and social indicators. Also provides links to national statistical offices at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/inter-natlinks/sd_natstat.asp.

Each country entry provides a statistical summary as well as links to official government statistics agencies and other economics and banking organizations.

This World Bank project provides details about business regulations in 183 countries.

Ranks 183 countries on 10 economic freedoms.

Contains Congressional Budget Office current projections: Budget Projections, Economic Projects (10 year), and Long Term Budget Outlook.

Summarizes the forecasts of economists from various sectors of the economy. Maintained by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, which describes it as the "oldest continuous survey of economists' expectations."

Quarterly survey of macroeconomic forecasts conducted by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Provides forecasts from the individual participating economists as well as medians for the group.