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Weblink	Description	Remarks	Hat Tip
UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)	FAO Statistics
MK Motif Discovery Page	Exact Discovery of Time Series Motifs; Abdullah Mueen Eamonn Keogh, Qiang Zhu, Sydney Cash, Brandon Westover, University of California – Riverside	Discover “parallels” in time series
Histograms: Construction, Analysis & Understanding	Associate Teacher Institute Toolkit
UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific	UN ESCAP Site Map
Understanding Children’s Work (UCW)	UCW Search by Table Groups and Country
TI-Corruption Perceptions Index	Transparency International: ‘Internet Center for Corruption Research … with TI-Corruption Perceptions Index, comparative assessment of countries’ integrity performance, with related academic research’ – Research Area
Economic Report of the President (USA)	The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors.
TradingEconomics Global Economics Research	Free Economic Data, Acess data on Excel, Create custom reports, Share your research
WebEC Economics Data	Economics Data Collections, On-line Data, International, Asia, Europe, United Kingdom, North America, South America, Institutions in Economics Data etc.
State and County Historical Economic Data Utah	Utah Governor’s Office of Planning & Budget
Economic Data Fed. San Francisco	Banking Market Definitions, FRBSF Discount Rate, CSIP Data and Charting, Regional Banking Tables
Time Series Measures of Texas’ Economy	Texas Economy in Focus, Comptroller of Public accounts
US Bureau of Economic Analysis	U.S. Department of Commerce – U.S. Economic Accounts
Economic Indicators New Jersey USA	New Jersey Economic Indicators, published by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development monthly
The Contours of World Development	The World Economy: A Tale of Four Economies, The World Economy: a millenial perspective, The World Economy: historical statistics.
Economic Data and Information	EcEdWeb – Economic Education Web – Collection of Information Sources	Recommended!
Municipal Finance Task Force (MFTF) – Resources by Topic	Public-Private Partnerships, Debt Market Development, Capital Investment Planning, Financing Structures, Financial Management, Municipal Finance SOWs etc.
Historical Data Series & Interesting Links	Most of the files below were provided by Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), but see e.g. Other Links of Interest
Yahoo Finance	Good general Portal incl. live market data on major stock exchanges, news, bonds, stocks, commodities & much more	Always worth a look!
US Department of Commerce	Sitemap: U.S. Dept. of Commerce … responsibilities in areas of trade, technology, entrepreneurship, economic development, environmental stewardship & statistical research & analysis.
Latest US Economic Indicators	US Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
Population Studies Center – University of Michigan (US)	PSC Data and Information Services
UN Population Information Network	UN PIN Global & Regional Data
UNDP United Nations Development Programme	UNDP Newsroom
T2W – Guide to Economic Data	This guide lists, in alphabetical order, the major economic & fundamental information presented by the various governments, agencies, & groups.”
U.S. Dept.of Education – Research & Statistics	ED’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the main federal organization responsible for collecting & analyzing data related to education.
International Labour Organization (ILO)	ILO Departments and Offices
FDF – Financial Data Finder	Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University: Accounting, Banks, Equity, Fixed Income, Mergers, Risk Management, Derivatives, Personal Finances, International Finance, Consulting, Employment, Real Estate, Market & Economy, Exchanges, Commodities, Venture Capital, Investments, Financial Institutions	Good search functiion!
DailyFX – Daily FOREX Market News & Analysis	Forex Market News, Forecasts, Real Time News, Technical Analysis, Economic Calendar, Charts, Trading Signals
Economagic.com: Economic Time Series Page	Over 400,000 data files, with charts and excel files for each	Huge!
Library of Economics and Liberty – U.S. Data Sources	Primary Sources Secondary Sources – offers a unique combination of resources for students, teachers, researchers, and aficionados of economic thought
Economic Data freely available online	National Statistics, UK OECD etc.
USEconomy at a Glance – BLS	Bureau of Labor Statisticcs (USA)
Economics Links Page – Chair of Economics TU Dresden	Lehrstuhl für VWL, insbesondere Finanzwissenschaft: USEFUL RESOURCES, DATA, LIBRARIES, ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS, RESEARCH INSTITUTES, ASSOCIATIONS, JOURNALS & WORKING PAPERS	Very good meta list!
Rhode Island Resources
Bernama Library & Informatiolink Malaysia	Bernama News, Archival News, Foreign News, Info Providers, Who’s Who, Speeches, Sectoral Reports, Databank, Facts & Figures, Directory, Calendar of Events
Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board	These pages provide key information about economic & financial data disseminated by member countries that subscribe to the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
globalEdge – Global Resources	A rich collection of thousands of international business resources selected based on content & usability. This section also includes our proprietary Market Potential Indicators & the Database of International Business Statistics. Each resource has been selected & reviewed by the globalEDGE™ Team. One convenient location – all global resources!	Huge
Guardian (UK) – News > Datablog – Datasets A-Z	Guardian – Data > World data search
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	Carnegie Publications	Country-specific information
TruthAndPolitics – “clearinghouse for knowledge”	TruthAndPolitics – Advanced Search
Q Finance: Country Profiles	QFinance:Financial Information Sources		Sector Profiles – HUGE meta lists!
Thomson Reuters Datastream: world’s largest financial statistical database	WORLD’S LEADING BUSINESS INFORMATION SOURCE
China’s Economic Situation	PERMANENT MISSION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO THE UN OFFICE AT GENEVA & OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SWITZERLAND
OneWorld Guides (Developing Countries
World Health Organisation (WHO)	WHO Data and statistics
Historicalstatistics.org	Portal for Historical Statistics, main focus: Sweden in the 19th and 20th centuries
Economic History Association	Abstracts, Book Reviews,Calendar,Course Syllabi, Databases, Directory, Encyclopedia, How Much Is That?	Very comprehensive!
Money – Past, Present & Future	Information on Monetary History, Contemporary Developments, and Electronic Money
NBER Macrohistory Database	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) : pre-WWI and interwar economies, production, construction, employment, money, prices, asset market transactions, foreign trade, government activity	Visit St. Louis Fed also for such data!
EconEd: Current Key Economic Indicators	A premier source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students	Says it all
Historical Economic Data	Government agencies, Federal Reserve Banks, other groups, national and regional economic data included
Historical Economic Statistics	By Steve Kangas: e.g. Income Inequality, Capacity Utilization Rates, Tax Collections, Combined, Federal, State and Local (Current Dollars), Tax Rates (Federal: General, Income, Capital gains)
US Census Bureau – Economic Indicator Time Series	Various, e.g. New Home Sales 1963 – present, New Residential Construction, Housing Vacancy Survey
US Census Bureau – Economic Indicators	e.g. Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders, U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services etc.
Historical Economic Data for Metropolitan Las Vegas	The Center for Business and Economic ResearchUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas
GFDatabase – Global Financial Data	GFD specializes in historical data that extends from the 1200s to present-beyond what traditional data vendors can offer	Very comprehensive!PaySite
Columbus Historical Economic Data Center	Historical economic data for the central Ohio region; economic development in the Columbus region
USA Historical Census Browser	Examine state and county topics for individual census years, drawn directly from historical volumes of the U.S. Census of Population and Housing
Univ. at Buffalo – Historical U.S. Data (Time Series)	Government Documents Information > Government Resources by Subject Economic Statistics > Historical U.S. Data (Time Series)
research.eco5.com	historical data usa | japan | germany | uk | france | americas | europe | asia/africa/pacific | global
Historical Statistics of Japan	Based on “Historical Statistics of Japan (First Edition)” 1987-1988 (Statistics Bureau, Management and Coordination Agency, Japan Statistical Association)
Historical Monetary Statistics of Sweden 1668-2008	Sections: Consumer Price Index 1290-2006, Wages from 1540 onwards, Exchange rates between various currency units in Sweden 1291-1834, Foreign exchange rates 1658 onwards, Money supply & closely related aggregates 1871 onwards, Stock exchange & interest rates 1856 onwards, Central government loans 1668 onwards
United States Government Stuck on Stupid	A retrospective analysis of the Great Depression and the political failures in the governing elites that broadened and deepened it, creating untold suffering for millions of innocent ordinary Americans
Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)	Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) Report Titles
Japanes Cabinet office	Japan – BusinessStatistics
Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI)	METI Japan Statistics
Japan Institute for Labour Policy & Training	Japan Institute for Labour Policy & Training – Statistics
TikiWiki CMS/Groupware	TikiWiki Project documentation
feedly organizes your favorite sites into a fun, magazine-like start page	feedly blog – Building Feedly
Yahoo Pipes – “Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web.”	Yahoo Pipes Documentation
yubnub – social command line for the Web	Jon Aquino’s Mental Garden: YubNub: Rails Day 24 hour programming contest
BeyeNetWork- Naomi Robbins: Dot Plots: A Useful Alternative to Bar Charts	BeyeNETWORKDomestic Sites
Userscripts.org, home to thousands of free scripts	Firebug Firebug – Web Development Evolved
Microsoft ASP.NET Data Access Tutorials	Microsoft ASP.NETSecurity Tutorials
Market Watch (Site Index)	Economy & Politics, Federal Reserve, Industries, Cars, Energy, Health Care, Retail, Tech, Trading Strategies, , , Earnings Watch, Markets Data, , Investing, Stocks, Stock Screener, After Hours Trades, Upgrades / Downgrades, Earnings Calendar, Fund List, Fund Comparison, Prospectus Library, ETFs, Options, Expiration Calendar, Options Chain, Quotes, Bonds, Bonds Tools, Commodities, Gold price, Currencies, Exchange Rates, IPOs, Research Tools, Real Estate, Taxes, Small Business	Comprehensive!
Nasdaq.com- Nasdaq Stock Market	The Nasdaq Stock Market, the largest US electronic stock market. … approximately 3,200 companies
IG Index – Spread Betting	IG Index was the world’s first financial spread betting company. Today, as part of the global IG Group, it is the leading operation of its type in the world.
IG Markets – Contracts for Difference (CFDs)	IG Markets is a leader in Contracts for Difference (CFDs)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development	OECD Publications & Documents
United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)	Federal agency for granting U.S. patents & registering trademarks
PeteSearch – How to split up the US	PeteSearch – Tips & tools for better searching
US National Technical Information Service	over 2.0 million bibliographic records, NTIS Database preeminent resource for research sponsored by the US & select foreign governments
US National Telecommunications & Information Administration	NTIA in U.S. Dept. of Commerce serves as the executive branch agency responsible for advising the President on telecommunications & information policies.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)	Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) / Zulu Time / UTC: Timezone Information & more (“NOTE: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the same all year around”)	Helpful!
World Tourism Organisation	World Tourism Organisation – Facts & Figures
Taiwan Trade	Service Overview
World Trade Organization (WTO)	WTO International Trade & Tariff Data
Bank of Thailand – Financial Markets	Bank of Thailand – Monetary Policy
WorldAtlas.com	Africa, Antarctica, Arctic, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Islands of the WorldMiddle East, North America, South America, World Atlas
RGE Global Outlook
Google Domestic Trends track economic sectors search traffic	Google Markets	Very good graphs!
Index Mundi – Internet’s most complete country profiles	This site will be an improved version of the CIA World Factbook		Hat tip publicdebts.wordpress.com
Visual Economics – Infographics	Unraveling the Complexities of Economic & Financial Data		Hat tip publicdebts.wordpress.com
BBC News:The downturn in facts & figures	THE NEW MODEL OF MORTGAGE LENDING
ArgMax Economic News, Data & Analysis	This website contains economics news, data, & analysis, as well as various other economics related services. … Economic Policy Institute, a DC-based think tank.	Always worth a try!
Dismal Scientist Economic Data	Edited from London, Sydney, & West Chester – Country Pages, Indicators, Tools: Exchange Rate Regime Indicator, Global Recession Map, Global Response Table, Taylor Rule Calculator, Tracking the Economy (U.S.), U.S. Crisis Response, U.S. Geography Profiles, U.S. Recovery Status, World GDP Rankings & more …	Huge! Stunning! Recommended!
Economist Intelligence Unit – World Data	Timely data & forecasts on 150 countries – WorldData combines the economic & industry forecasts of the Economist Intelligence Unit with updates throughout the day from EcoWin. The result is a comprehensive global database of economic & market figures & forecasts on 150 countries & 45 regions, with more than 120,000 series
Econovista – Interactive Economic Map	9 themed mapsdisplaying the region’s rich potential. Each … a different aspect : transport infrastructures, sectors of excellence, research centres, competitiveness clusters (e.g. life sciences, eco-businesses & aeronautics-defence-space)
Clarion University SBDC Knowledgebase	The Clarion University SBDC Knowledgebase, a blog about starting, managing, & expanding small business’s in general. … special emphasis on small business topics in Armstrong, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Potter, & Venango counities in Pennsylvania	Contains many generallinks
U.S. Department of Labor	History, Wirtz Labor Library, History of Labor Day, Century of Service, Department of Labor Web Archive
Shadow Economy & Corruption : Invisible Hands – links	Mohammad Reza Farzanegan,PhD Economics, Faculty of Business & Economics, Chair of Public Economics,TU Dresden, Germany.” Good link list right hand side of blog	Data on Development economicsetc.

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