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Business & residential addresses, and some related statistical data.
Country level data from the EIU from 1952-1995 for nearly 200 countries.
The Economist Intelligence Unit has published Country Reports since 1952, covering almost 200 countries. Each report presents detailed statistics alongside expert commentary and forecasting from the EIUs analysts. This database presents the historical reports up to 1995, with all data from the statistical tables fully captured and downloadable in spreadsheet form. This is a unique archive of analysis and explanation of political, economic and commercial developments, together with historical statistical data.
Background historical, demographic, and other information on every country in the world as well as most territories.
Historical statistical information from United States government sources.
Data and analysis of international trade, monetary and fiscal issues, and other global economic matters from the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Data contains international financial statistics (IFS), balance of payments statistics (BOPS), direction of trade statistics (DOTS), government finance statistics (GFS) covering more than 200 countries and areas. Data can be exported in Excel, CSV, Tab delimited, and HTML formats.
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Historical statistics (1750-2010) on the economics, populations, labor force, education, and transportation of nations.
Contains downloadable data drawn from and updating the 3 volume print reference work International Historical Statistics 1750-2005. IHS covers a wide range of topics including: the economy, trade, population, labor, education, migration and transportation with data spanning 260 years (1750-2010). The data is organized by regions which are presented as: The Americas, Europe, and Asia + Oceania. Tables can be downloaded as PDF or Excel documents.
Publication of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (US Dept of Labor). Includes articles and statistics on employment and unemployment, wages, prices and prices indexes.
Global information about Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Initial Public Offerings (IPO), Private Equity (PE), and Venture Capital (VC) deals.
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Information about Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Initial Public Offering (IPO), Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) deals, going back five years for international deals and back to 1997 for deals involving European and American companies.
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Indexes and abstracts statistical publications from foreign, US, and state governments, and businesses.
Indexes and abstracts federal statistical publications since 1974, business and state government publications since 1980, and international agency publications since 1983. Provides links to full text of 15% of federal publications. . Firefox recommended. Does not work with Safari.
Data series or single data measures over time about U.S. geographies across 17 high-interest research areas, as far back as 1980.
Sage Stats is a collection of data measures that span all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Local Stats is a collection of data measures that span all counties, cities, and metropolitan statistical areas. Dating back more than 20 years, each data series is displayed in a clear and consistent format with detailed source information. Topics covered include the economy, education, crime, government finance, health, population, religion, social welfare, and transportation.
Web-based mapping application that allows you to create thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data.
Sources include: U.S. government sources such as the census, Department of Labor statistics, FBI, and National Climatic Data Center; Mediamark Research Inc (MRI) Consumer Survey, EASI Analytic Life Stages, EASI Health Care, Nielsen PRIZM Consumer Buying Power, Nielsen Retail Market Power; and Nielsen Financial CLOUT datasets.
Data can be downloaded for use with other software such as Excel and GIS.
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Portal for current statistics from private and government sources on wide range of topics.
Ready-made statistical charts, graphs and tables on marketing, demographics, communication, technology, politics, health, leisure and public opinion polls. About 20 percent of the data in Statista comes from government sources like the World Bank and the U.S. Census. The rest comes from industry, marketing, and trade groups. The tables, charts and graphs can be downloaded as images or into Microsoft Powerpoint and Excel.
Data from a triennial cross-sectional survey of U.S. families. The survey data include information on families balance sheets, pensions, income, and demographic characteristics.
Data on business activity with estimates & analysis of US economic activity.
Monthly publication of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (US Dept of Commerce) on business activity with estimates & analysis of US economic activity. Includes articles on the national, regional and international economic accounts and related topics, a column describing the current business situation and statistical tables highlighting national income and product accounts. Statistical section has tables for approximately 270 series as well as charts for about 130 series.
Back issues from July 1921 to present available at: http://www.bea.gov/scb/date_guide.asp
Trade information from the U.S. government. Export and import data for over 18,000 commodities.
Provides trade information produced by the U.S. government. Current and cumulative U.S. export and import data for over 18,000 export commodities and 24,000 import commodities. Export and import data is also available by port.
Global statistics from the Statistics Division, Department of Economic & Social Affairs, United Nations.
Datasets from the World Bank. Includes World Development Indicators (WDI). Also includes Africa Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, and the Global Economic Monitor.