Economics

U.S. Department of Commerce agency. BEA produces some of the most closely watched economic statistics that influence decisions of government officials, business people, and individuals. These statistics provide a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of the U.S. economy.

The home of the U.S. Government’s open data
Find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.

A database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series. Download data in Microsoft Excel formats and view charts of data series. Full Text.

This publication prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers supplies monthly updates related to the economic conditions in the U.S. Economic Indicators provides statistical data both in tabular and graphic form and includes information on consumer and producer prices, employment, production, and money and banking.
Typically 10 years of annual data with the most recent 12 to 15 months broken out in detail. 1948 to present.

The official federal government site with statistics on business and economic topics.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland serves the Fourth Federal Reserve District, which comprises Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and the northern panhandle of West Virginia.

A collection of regional economic data websites.

Excellent source for local (Morgantown, WV county, and state) economic and demographic information.

Data for Metropolitan Area, Cities and Suburbs: demographic and economic characteristics of population starting from 1970 Census; unemployment; jobs, business establishments and pay; violent and property crimes; local building permits; city government finance, housing affordability.

The Cluster Mapping Project uses detailed county level data and statistical techniques to profile regional economies and their performance over time, with a special focus on clusters. Clusters are geographically concentrated groups of interconnected companies, universities, and related institutions that arise out of linkages or externalities across industries. Regions and clusters are analyzed at various geographic levels including states, economic areas, and metropolitan areas.

The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators.

The official portal of the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Eurostat provides extensive statistical data and publications on EU countries. Browse or search and download predefined data and tables focused on: EU policy indicators; general and regional statistics; economy and finance; population and social conditions; industry, trade and services; agriculture and fisheries; external trade; transport; environment and energy; and, science and technology.

A tripartite EU agency provides expertise on living and working conditions, industrial relations and managing change in Europe.

Statistical resource directory from the American Economics Association

More than 100,000 data series including state, metro and compiled by federal statistical agencies. Registered users can generate forecasts from historical data.

Free economic, demographic and financial data from Moody's Economy.com. Check the source to track down the original source of data.

Access statistical information about the U.S. from multiple sources. Check defitions, source and date of data.Visualize with pie charts, maps, graphs. Created by Rapid Intelligence Co.

NationMaster is considered one of the best international statistics aggregators on the internet, supplying statistical data for most countries of the world as well as images, maps, flags, and country profiles.

From the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. National legal frame for 80+ countries, land tenure & related institutions, civil organizations and selected land statistics.