Data and ReSources

Links to FRED dashboards:

• Money Supply and the Federal Funds Market

• Overview of the US Macroeconomy

• US Manufacturing Output and Employment

• US Talyor Rule

Other FRED  and Federal Reserve Databases:

• GeoFred provides spatial mapping of US and International Data

• AlFRED provides archival (unrevised) data for some US variables

• Real-Time Data Research Center -- Philadelphia Fed

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) generates data on US labor market and prices

• Overview of current macroeconomic conditions

• Inflation and Prices

• Unemployment and Employment

The US Bureau of Economic Activity generates data on US GDP and international transactions:

• Real GDP and Nominal GDP

• Balance of Payments

• Total Factor Productivity - San Francisco Fed

International Economics Data Sources:

• Observatory of Economic Complexity -- Hosted by MIT

  • US Data

• BEA International Trade and Investment Country Facts

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

• Bureau of International Settlements (BIS)

  • Latest (2016) Triennial Survey 

• UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

• Gap Minder

• Our World in Data

• CIA World Factbook

  • World Rankings: GDP and GDP per capita

• World Bank

• International Monetary Fund (IMF)

  • IMF DataMapper

• Eurostat

Publications and News Sources

• Economic Synopses - St. Louis Fed

• Page One Economics - St. Louis Fed

• The Economist

• Financial Times