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Secondary
Data Sources:
Economic
Data
Decision
Analyst's Economic Index
B&E
DataLinks
Links site covering a wide range of economic and financial data sources
is a project of the Business and Economic Statistics section of the American
Statistical Association. Linked sites are rated by users to help evaluate
between sources.
The
Conference Board
Site for worldwide, not-for-profit, business membership and research network
offers research reports on business and economics that are available by
fee, but the "Press Releases" section is worth looking at because
short, free summaries of report findings are published there as well.
Information includes the well-known Consumer Confidence Index and the
Leading Economic Indicators, both of which are Conference Board-sponsored
studies.
The
Dismal Scientist®
Economic reports and analysis are provided on this subscription based
site. Nonmembers might want to check the site out from time to time to
review the front page summaries of recent economic data.
Economagic
A comprehensive site of free, easily available, economic time series data
useful for economic research, and particularly useful for economic forecasting.
Economic
Statistics Briefing Room
Easy access to current U.S. federal economic indicators.
The
Federal Reserve Board's Economic Research And Data
Economic research and data page for the U.S. Federal Reserve. The links
below go to each district bank's economic research page:
FINWeb
Professor James Garven's financial economics website lists Internet resources
on economics- and finance-related topics. Includes one page with links
to economics and financial database sites.
FreeLunch.com
Large collection of free economic, financial, and industry data, in a
data dictionary that can be browsed. Users can also search databases and
then download data directly into Microsoft Excel.
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Economic
Index
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on an Internet survey conducted during the last 10 days of each
month of more than 5,000 households balanced by gender, age, and
geography. The survey reports on business activity where respondents
work, as well as personal financial data and trends, to provide
a snapshot of current economic activity. Then the Economic Index
is calculated from nine different economic measurements, using a
sophisticated econometric model. |
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