United States Economic Indicators
S&P Capital IQ
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A comprehensive company and economic intelligence database. Features a Chart Builder tool for quickly visualizing and exporting data on economic indicators including: GDP, CPI, Unemployment, Balance of Payments, etc.
Global Financial Data
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Long runs of historical data (over 6,000 series) and macroeconomic trends for over 150 countries: financials, interest rates, exchange rates and more.
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
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Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political and economic conditions of the United States. Coverage is 1790-present.
The Conference Board
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Produces the Consumer Confidence Index® (CCI), The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI), The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI), and The Conference Board and PwC Measure of CEO Confidence™
US Economic Census
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The official five-year measure of American business and the economy. It surveys 4 million businesses, including large, medium and small companies, representing all U.S. locations and industries.
US Bureau of Economic Analysis
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Produces some of the most closely watched economic statistics, which provide a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of the U.S. economy. The cornerstone is the national income and product accounts (NIPAs), which feature the estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) and related measures.
SimplyAnalytics
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Maximum 3 users at once! Offers thousands of economic census and premium behavioral data variables that can be used when building custom maps and spreadsheet reports. Register for a free account to save and return to your work..
What are indicators?
They are statistics about economic development or human welfare in a region, often presented as time series data, i.e. data for the same variable captured at different times, usually at a regular frequency, e.g. weekly, monthly, annually.
| Common Economic Indicators | Common Social Indicators |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP), output by sectors, private consumption, retail sales volume, employment, unemployment, average earnings, investment, productivity, inflation, producer input and output prices, current account, volume of trade in goods and services, exports, imports, public debt, and interest rates. | Adult literacy, education expenditure, fertility rate, household income and time use, infant mortality, life expectancy, incidence of antisocial behaviour and criminal offences, income inequality, poverty rate, proportions of urban and rural population, social security expenditure, unemployment, voter turnout, and water and air quality. |
Source: A Dictionary of Economics
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