Welcome
This guide links to official governmental sources that provide current measures of economic activity.
For more detailed statistics consult our other Data and Statistics subject guides or use the Government Statistics guide.
Databases
Key Databases:
Additional Databases:
These databases provide access to a wide range of statistical indicators relating to economic and social development.
Data & Statistics
Data:
Consult the Data pages for access to a wide range of economic data. Also see:
- ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)
This site contains an index of international datasets available for use. If you see a datset in which you are interested, get in touch with the Data Centre with the exact name and date of the data set and they will obtain it for you.
Statistics:
Canada
- Bank of Canada Indicators
- Statistics Canada
- The Daily including Release dates for major economic indicators
- Canada: Economic and financial data (updated daily)
- Leading indicators including indicators update monthly and quarterly and a composite index
- Note: For more extensive statistical information relating to the economy also see the Economic Accounts
- Industry Canada
United Kingdom
United States
- Economic indicators.gov (portal for general economic statistics)
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Statistics and Historical Data.
- Bureau of Economic Analysis U.S. Economy at a glance
- Census Bureau Economic indicators with calendar of release dates
- Economy-wide statistics
An extensive database searchable by industry and geography as well as economic sector
- Economy-wide statistics
- Dept. of Treasury Monitoring the Economy
- Joint Economic Committee (Congress) Monthly economic indicators (from 1995). Economic Indicators from the current issue back to 1948 are made available through FRASER, the Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research.
International organizations and comparative statistics
- Government Statistics from International Organizations
- Main Economic Indicators (OECD) available through OECD iLibrary and Business Source Complete databases.
- EUROSTAT Euro-indicators
- Macroeconomic Reports and Data (via OECD)
- Millenium Development Goals Indicators (United Nations)
- Web-EC A portal to a wide variety of online economic resources
Maps & GIS
Maps:
- IMF Data Mapper Currently, the IMF Data Mapper includes data series on Gross Domestic Product (real GDP growth, GDP based on PPP per capita and nominal GDP per capita), Inflation (CPI rate) and Current Account Balance (US$ and percent of GDP). Other data series will be added. Data are available from 1980 to the present, and projections are given for the next five years. For some countries, data are incomplete or unavailable for certain years.
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