Economics

Use Google Public Data and type your search in the search box to find datasets. Example: search for GDP and select a dataset, drill down by selecting a country or region. Don't forget to take the next step in finding deeper data directly from the source's website!

Publications, Analysis, and Outlook

• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) publishes working papers, reports, and books on national and international economic issues.
• Economic Census serves as the foundation for the measurement of U.S. Businesses and the their economic impact.
• Economic Report of the President (ERP) has annual reports written by the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. Read, download, or search reports from 1995 - present. Check out the special report, Changing America.
• Global Economics Forum provides daily analysis of current conditions from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.; requires registration.
• World Bank Research assesses current economic conditions and the outlook by region.
• Survey of Current Business provides information on economic indicators.
• Monthly Labor Review provides employment statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Treasury Bulletin has reports on federal fiscal operations.
• Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) has a list of publications by policy areas for California including economy.

Selected Gov. Agencies with Economic Data

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is useful for employment statistics such as minimum wage. Try searching "statistics on pay and benefits." For more on minimum wage, check out the U.S. Department of Labor.
• U.S. Energy Information Administration is helpful for research on oil, gas, solar power and alternative energy prices and production.
• Census Bureau - Economic Briefing Room
• Council of Economic Advisers hint: Browse Issues
• Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
• Federal Reserve Bank Microeconomic Center
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has interactive data.
• Joint Economic Committee

Consumer Price Index/Cost of Living

• BLS Handbook of Methods
• Consumer Price Index
  CPI Home Page from the Bureau of Labor Statistics; includes the CPI Inflation Converter which converts from 1913-2021, historical data, and explanations under Questions & Answers.
• Cost of Living Calculator
  Computes cost of living changes from metro areas.
• Inflation Calculator
  Input a dollar amount and select years from 1800 to 2000 and it will calculate the value based on the Consumer Price Index.
• Inflation Conversion Factors
  From Robert Sahr, Oregon State, with factors for converting the value of a dollar at each year since 1800 into current dollars.
• What is a Dollar Worth?
  From the Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis to calculate value of dollar between any given year with annual consumer price index back to 1913.

Associations

• American Economics Association (AEA)
• Econometric Society (ES)
• Economists for Peace and Security (EPS)
• European Economic Association (EEA)
• Financial Management Association International (FMA)
• National Association for Business Economics (NABE)
• National Association of Economic Educators (NAEE)
• Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics (SNDE)
• Western Economic Association International (WEAI)

Organizations/Agencies

• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
• Economics Research Network (ERN)
• European Union
• Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Political Economy Network (IPEN)
• Kiel Institute for the World Economics (IfW)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD )
• Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
• United Nations (UN)
• World Bank Group
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

The library offers access to many journals! These are just a few:

• Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly the Journal of Socio-Economics) welcomes submissions that deal with various economic topics but also involve issues that are related to other social sciences, especially psychology, or use experimental methods of inquiry.
• Journal of Economic Methodology contains work in the broad field of economic methodology.
• Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics is a forum in which those who wish to expand the boundaries of economic science are invited to contribute research that seeks out the hidden assumptions that determine the economist’s current world view, relax them and so evolve a new discipline more appropriate to the contemporary global environment, thereby enabling economists to tackle problems.
• Open Economics is a peer-reviewed Open Access journal, devoted to the publication of original research in all fields of economics. The journal publishes research and review articles that cover all the areas of economics.
• Quantitative Economics Research is an International Journal publishes original and high quality applied research orientation in the field of economics that employ theoretical, empirical, and experimental methods. This journal also encourages review articles in particular innovative and fundamental papers that focus on various facets of economics of the emerging market and developing economies.

The library owns more than 80,000 books on economics. A list of books can be found via OneSearch, here. Here are a few:

• A Dictionary of Economics is wide-ranging and authoritative. This fourth edition covers all aspects of economics, including economic theory as well as applied micro and macroeconomics. It is a useful dictionary for professional economists as well as students and teachers of economics, business and finance.
• An Eponymous Dictionary of Economics: A Guide to Laws and Theorems Named after Economists is a fascinating and accessible reference work with comprehensive coverage of the field of economics from Adam Smith's Problem through Minkowski's Theorem to Zellner's Estimator.
• Routledge Dictionary of Economics now in its third edition, provides the clearest, most authoritative definition of economic and financial terms available. The book is perfect for students and professionals interested in a broad range of disciplines including Business, Economics, Finance, and Accountancy and all additional subjects where a knowledge of these fields of essential.