LibGuides: Duke Kunshan University ECON 101/201: Data

Key Data Sources

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Includes FRED, with 40,000 economic time series; ALFRED,with archival (unrevised) time series; FRASER, with historical US federal govt. economic publications; and several other components. From the St. Louis Fed.
NBER Data
Wide variety of socioeconomic datasets from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Global Financial Data This link opens in a new window
Find data on long time series of stock and bond indices and macroeconomic data
World Bank Data Catalog This link opens in a new window
Search for World Bank data, including World Development indicators (WDI). This is an open access database.
IMF E-Library This link opens in a new window
Search for statistics and publications from the International Monetary Fund. This is an open access database.
UNdata This link opens in a new window
Find statistical information for countries from around the world covering a wide range of economic and socio-demographic topics. This is an open access database.
UN Comtrade This link opens in a new window
Find international trade statistics, detailed by commodity and partner country, from the United Nations Statistics Division

Note: Duke only has access to the freely available features of this resource.
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
Search for articles and books published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 1998
ProQuest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window
Search for data and statistics on population and demographics, business and financial activities, domestic and international trade, government programs, health, and politics