Economics Research Guide

A list of links to some of the most useful and popular economics data sources, categorized by data type.

A highly acclaimed economics encyclopedia featuring easy-to-read articles by over 150 top economists, including Nobel Prize winners, over 80 biographies of famous economists, and many tables and charts illustrating economics in action.

Bureau of Economic Analysis. Monthly. provides data on U.S. business on the regional, national, and international levels. Among statistical series covered are personal income, inventories and sales, national income and product accounts, foreign direct investment in the United States, U.S. direct investment abroad, international transactions, and gross state product.