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Research Guides: Statistics

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U.S. Government Data
U.S. Census

Includes a helpful Subject Index

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
LexisNexis Statistical [icon - Stanford]

Statistics in publications produced by U.S. and state governments and other organizations.

Economic Data
Global Insight [icon - Stanford]

Detailed macroeconomic time series data for the U.S. on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.  Covers 1945 - present.

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

U.S. economic accounts.

Datastream (Trader's Pit) [icon - Stanford] [icon - Special Password]

Long runs of macroeconomic time series.

Financial Market Data
CRSP [icon - Stanford]

Daily and monthly price, volume, and return data for NYSE, ASE, and NASDAQ stocks.

Bloomberg (Trader's Pit) [icon - Stanford] [icon - Special Password]

Real-time and historical market data, news and technical analysis.

Datastream (Trader's Pit) [icon - Stanford] [icon - Special Password]

Long runs of data on stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.

TAQ [icon - Stanford]

Intraday transactions data for all securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and American Stock Exchange (AMEX), as well as Nasdaq National Market System (NMS) and SmallCap issues.

Products & Markets
eMarketer [icon - Stanford]

Includes charts, articles featuring statistics, surveys and forecasts on topics ranging from Advertising to Wi-Fi.

TableBase [icon - GSB]

Data on companies, products, industries, and markets.

InfoTech Trends [icon - GSB]

Market data on IT products.


SourceBook America (CD-ROM Workstation)

Data on population, households, families, race, income, spending potential, and much more. Indexed by ZIP code and by County.

International Statistics
EIU CountryData [icon - Stanford]

Worldwide economic indicators and forecasts, covering 115 countries.

WDI Online [icon - Stanford]

Economic, industrial, and social indicators on 208 countries, issued by World Bank.

Global Financial Data [icon - Stanford] [icon - Special Password]

Provides long term and current world economic data on 150+ countries. Includes comprehensive analysis tools that provide the ability to graph and analyze the data.

ISI Emerging Markets [icon - Stanford]

Includes macroeconomic analysis, forecasts and statistics, financial statements from the emerging markets in over 70 countries.

SourceOECD [icon - Stanford]

All OECD datasets.

OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web

Free statistics from official sources.

International Data Base

Statistical tables of demographic and socioeconomic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.

Trade Statistics
UN Commodity Trade Statistics [icon - Stanford]

Import/export statistics on commodities worldwide.

Stat-USA [icon - Stanford]

Compendium of economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. government.

Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb

From U.S. International Trade Commission.

Trade Barriers Database

From European Commission.

Not finding what you need?  Ask a Librarian or call the Information Desk at (650) 723-2163.

 

 

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