LibGuides: Economics: Economic Analysis and Statistics

Country Data

ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new window
Covers a wide spectrum of publications on business, finance, economics. Provides references to, and abstracts of articles, many in full-text from over 1,800 publications. Now includes the Wall Street Journal. Offers Business Monitor and Oxford Economics business forecast reports by country.

BBC Country Profiles
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. These profiles also include audio and video clips from BBC archives.

Country Watch
CountryWatch is an information provider for corporations, government agencies, universities, schools, libraries and individuals needing up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world. CountryWatch provides critical country-specific intelligence and data to over 4000 clients including public and private sector organizations with overseas operations and global interests. In addition, CountryWatch provides country information to large media audiences in various venues as part of its media strategy.

Doing Business
The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.

Nationmaster.com
This site uses data from government and international organizations to present comparative statistics between nations. Some of the topics include economy, education, healthcare, immigration, industry, labor and taxation. All statistics on this site are cited. If you are concerned about authenticity and authorship, please view the "Source:" field, found below each graph. Or when viewing country statistics, click the "View with citations" link below the bottom of the page.

Economic Indicators

Newly-Released U.S. Government Statistics for Business
U.S. Census - Economic Indicators Calendar

Construction Spending
The survey covers construction work done each month on new structures or improvements to existing structures for private and public sectors.
Foreign Trade
FOREIGN TRADE is the official source for U.S. export and import statistics and responsible for issuing regulations governing the reporting of all export shipments from the United States.
Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, & Orders
The Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey provides broad-based, monthly statistical data on economic conditions in the domestic manufacturing sector.
Manufacturing & Trade Inventories & Sales
Provides broad and timely measures of combined changes in domestic retail trade, wholesale trade and manufacturers' activities. The United States Code, Title 13, authorizes the surveys in this report and provides for voluntary responses.
Monthly & Annual Wholesale Trade
Provides month-to-month trends for sales and inventories of U.S. merchant wholesalers, excluding manufacturers' sales branches and offices
New Residential Construction
This page provides national and regional data on the number of new housing units authorized by building permits; authorized, but not started; started; under construction; and completed.
New Residential Sales
This page provides national and regional data on the number of new single-family houses sold and for sale.
Retail Trade
The Advance Monthly and Monthly Retail Trade Surveys (MARTS and MRTS), the Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS), and the Quarterly E-Commerce Report work together to produce the most comprehensive data available on retail economic activity in the United States.

US Census Bureau: Economic Indicator Release Schedule
Provides upcoming schedule for release of updated economic indicators.

Forecasting

On Trend by Devon Powers
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780252042874
Publication Date: 2019-10-16
Trends have become a commodity--an element of culture in their own right and the very currency of our cultural life. Consumer culture relies on a new class of professionals who explain trends, predict trends, and in profound ways even manufacture trends.
The Future Agenda by Tim Jones; Caroline Dewing
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781908990792
Publication Date: 2016-12-20
What challenges does the future hold? In an increasingly interconnected - and increasingly uncertain - world, companies, institutions and governments across the world recognise the vital need to pose this question in order to protect the interests of humanity.
Global Political Economy after the Crisis by Sadik Ünay (Editor); Sadik Ünay
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781536122909
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
The established structural parameters of the global political economy underwent a profound transformation following the global economic crisis which triggered a paradigmatic change in terms of both the theoretical underpinnings and practical formulations of mainstream approaches to macroeconomic management and development.

Journal of Business Forecasting
Call Number: eJournal
Publication Date: 01/01/1987 - present
Articles, review articles and commentary on obtaining, recognizing and using good forecasts, and new practical forecasting ideas.

CME FedWatch Tool
As the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives exchange, CME Group is where the world comes to manage risk. We help meet uncertainty and volatility with confidence and clarity. Across the trading lifecycle and around the world, we enable market participants to manage risk and capture opportunity.
International Monetary Fund - IMF World Economic Outlook
The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, promotes international financial stability and monetary cooperation. It also facilitates international trade, promotes employment and sustainable economic growth, and helps to reduce global poverty. The IMF is governed by and accountable to its 190 member countries.
The Wall Street Journal Economic Forecasting Site

Opinion Polling on Business & the Economy

Opinion Polling on Business & the Economy
Books on Polling

Gallup Polls
We know more about the will of employees, customers, students and citizens than anyone in the world. We know what matters most to them at work and in life and how those priorities change over time. And we use that knowledge to create transformation.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.

Reality Mining by Nathan Eagle; Kate Greene
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780262027687
Publication Date: 2014-08-01
A look at how Big Data can be put to positive use, from helping users break bad habits to tracking the global spread of disease.
The Measure of Democracy by Daniel Robinson
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780802042743
Publication Date: 1999-04-24
Politicians, government officials, and public relations officers lean heavily on polling when fashioning public policy. Proponents say this is for the best, arguing that surveys bring the views of citizens closer to civic officials.