US Macro and Regional Data
Regional data, real-time data, census forecasts, and more.
"Primary" macro and regional sites that generate data
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) - National Income and Produce Accounts (GDP, etc.), international and regional data
- Federal Reserve
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) - more than 250,000 long series; unemp. and price series most prominent
- Conference Board - Consumer Confidence Index and the Leading Economic Indicators
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO) - current federal spending and revenue; macro forecasts
- Federal Budget for the Fiscal Years 1996 to the Present - summary and very detailed federal budget info
- Survey of Consumers from the Univ. of Michigan - well-known survey of consumer attitudes
- What Was the Exchange Rate Then? - historical exchange rates
- What Was the GDP Then? (Measuring Worth) - US GDP estimates starting in 1789
"Secondary" macro sites (data from primary sources packaged together, sometimes with analysis)
- Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) - advice to the President
- Economic Report of the President: 1995 to the Present - President's policies and a fair number of time series
- Economic Reports of the President: 1947 to the Present - old reports
- Economagic - excellent source of macro time series (some 400,000 series available)
- FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) - very widely used site
- Haver Analytics - emphasis on rapid delivery, quality checks, and very wide coverage (fee-based)
- NationMaster.com - compare variety of data across countries
- NBER Data Library - variety of data types and sources
- NBER's Macro-Historical Database - pre-WW II data from the United States, United Kingdom., France, and Germany
- Nasdaq Data Link - search more than 8,000,000 data series
- YCharts Economic Indicators - rapid reporting of macro variables
"Secondary" regional data
Real-time and archived data
- ALFRED: ArchivaL Federal Reserve Economic Data - real-time data
- FRASER (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) - archived data
Consensus forecasts
- Real-Time Data Set (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) - real-time data
- Survey of Professional Forecasters - free Philadelphia Fed Survey
- Consensus Economics - US and international consensus forecasts
Economic calendars and releases
- Briefing.com Economic Calendar - lists release dates and consensus forecasts
- EconCal
- Economic Releases and Indicators (NBER) - links to current releases & email on them