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Economic Data–National Accounts:

A Research Guide


Contents: Worldwide | Historical Compilations | Specific Countries | Asian Region | Interest Rate and Currency Data | Export, Import, and Production Data | United States Data

Worldwide

Main Economic Indicators. Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. 1968- .
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC10 .O68) Latest ed.
Location: Morris Library (HC10 .O68) Earlier eds
Main Economic Indicators: Historical Statistics. Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC10 .O681) Latest ed.
Location: Morris Library (HC10 .O681) Earlier eds
Monthly Statistics of Foreign Trade. Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Monthly.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF91 .0672a) Latest ed.
Location: Morris Library (HF91 .0672a) Earlier eds
International Financial Statistics. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund. Monthly.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HG1 .I58) Latest ed.
Location: Morris Library (HG1 .I58) Earlier eds
International Financial Statistics Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund. Annual.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HG1 .I59) Latest ed.
Location: Morris Library (HG1 .I59) Earlier eds
National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables. New York: United Nations.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC79 .I5 A1 U542) Latest ten years
Location: Morris Library (HC79 .I5 A1 U542) Earlier years
World Tables. Baltimore: Published for the World Bank by the Johns Hopkins University Press.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC59 .W669) Latest three years
Location: Morris Library (HC59 .W669) Earlier years
Europa World Yearbook. London: Europa Publications Limited.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref JN1 .E85) Latest ed.
Location: Morris Library (JN1 .E85) Earlier eds
The National Trade Data Bank (NTBD). Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce.
Location: Library Databases, via STAT-USA
Contains full text of many reports and statistical sources related to exporting, foreign countries, export contacts, market/product information, and foreign investment opportunities, etc. Includes more than 100,000 trade related documents collected by seventeen U.S. government agencies. Ask at the Reference Desk for information.
Year-book of Labour Statistics. Geneva: International Labour Office.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HD4826.I63) Latest ed.
Location: Morris Library (HD4826.I63) Earlier eds

Historical Compilations

Maddison, Angus. The World Economy: Volume 1: A Millennial Perspective and Volume 2: Historical Statistics . Paris : Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, 2001-2003.
LOCATION: Morris Library | Reference (Ref HC21 .M285 2006 ).

Mitchell, B.R. International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia, and Oceania, 1750-2005.. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003.
LOCATION: Morris Library | Reference (Ref HA4675 .M552 2007 ).
LOCATION: Morris Library | HA4675 .M552 2003 ), and Earler Eds.

Mitchell, B.R. International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2005.. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003.
LOCATION: Morris Library | Reference ( Ref HA175 .M55 2007).
LOCATION: Morris Library | ( Ref HA175 .M55 2003), and Earlier Eds.

Mitchell, B.R. International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2005.. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2003.
LOCATION: Morris Library | Reference (Ref HHA1107 .M5 2007).
LOCATION: Morris Library | (HHA1107 .M5 2003), and Earlier Eds.

Specific Countries

Many countries have national accounts statistics included in a country report. Search DELCAT by title or keyword.

Example:
country report Australia (title)
country report and Canada (keywords)
EIU ViewsWire (Economist Intelligence Unit)
Location: Library Databases
EIU ViewsWire is a Web-based intelligence service from the Economist Intelligence Unit, offering analysis on key economic, political, and business developments around the world. Each day, it supplies 100-150 analytical articles on any of 195 countries. EIU ViewsWire provides views from the Economist Intelligence Unit and the rest of The Economist Group as well as selected analysis from other respected sources for a full perspective on international business conditions.
EIU Country Profiles
Location: Library Databases
The Country Profiles supply background and historical context of current economic and political events for each country. Each profile analyzes the infrastructure and major industrial sectors of each economy and includes maps and tables of key economic data for the past 5 years.
EIU Country Reports
Location: Library Databases
Provides analysis of current economic trends for selected countries. Country Reports analyze political and economic trends. Each report examines and explains the issues shaping the country: the political science, economic policy, the domestic economy, and foreign trade and payments. Complementing the analysis are 18-24-month forecasts. The reports include quarterly and annual statistics of at least 150 data points picked from the most reliable sources and reviewed by EIU analysts to provide consistent, objective and impartial coverage. The quarterly main reports provide a detailed analysis of the country's development over the previous quarter, and two-year forecasts of economic and political changes in the short term. The monthly updates provide concise commentary and summary statistics outlining the latest changes and discussing their implications.

Asian Region

Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries. Makati, Philippines: Economic Office, Asian Development Bank.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC411 .A754a) Latest ed.
Location: Morris Library (HC411 .A754a) Earlier eds

Interest Rate and Currency Data

International Financial Statistics (see above)
International Financial Statistics Yearbook (see above)
World Currency Yearbook. Brooklyn, N.Y.: International Currency Analysis, Inc. 1984 - .
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HG219 .P5) Latest ed.
Location: Morris Library (HG219 .P5) Earlier eds

Export, Import, and Production Data

Direction of Trade Statistics. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund. Quarterly.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HG1 .D56) Latest ed.
Location: Morris Library (HG1 .D56) Earlier eds
Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HG1 .D57) Latest ed.
Location: Morris Library (HG1 .D57) Earlier eds
CRB Commodity Yearbook. New York: Wiley. Continues Commodity Yearbook.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC14 .C6) Latest five years
Location: Morris Library (HC14 .C6) Earlier eds
The National Trade Data Bank (NTBD). Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce.
Location: Library Databases via STAT-USA
Contains full text of many reports and statistical sources related to exporting, foreign countries, export contacts, market/product information, and foreign investment opportunities, etc. Includes more than 100,000 trade related documents collected by seventeen U.S. government agencies. Ask at the Reference Desk for information.

United States Data

In addition to the above sources, use the following for United States data:

LexisNexis Statistical
Location: Library Databases
LexisNexis Statistical provides access to statistics produced by federal agencies, states, and intergovernmental organizations. Three "search forms" are available: Click on SearchTables™ Research Edition to search for words that appear in statistical tables (table titles, subject descriptors, and synonyms). Searches may be narrowed by geographic, demographic, economic breakdowns, or by frequency of data; and a period of coverage may be specified. From a list of results, click on "Go to Table" to display a complete statistical table. Click on Search Abstracts for index information on statistical publications issued by the federal government (ASI), state governments and private publishers (SRI), and intergovernmental organizations, such as the United Nations (IIS). From a list of results, click on "Go to Abstract" to display an abstract, with information on where the complete statistical table may be located. Click on Links to jump to other Web sites with useful information about statistics.
Survey of Current Business. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC101 .A13) Latest two years at Reference Desk
Location: Morris Library - U.S. Documents (U.S.Docs. C 59.11:) Earlier years
Location: Library Databases via STAT-USA
Location: Internet (http://www.bea.gov/scb/index.htm)
Business Statistics. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC101 .A132) Latest ed. at Reference Desk
Location: Morris Library - U.S. Documents (U.S. Docs. C 59.11/3:) Earlier eds
Cumulative supplement to the Survey of Current Business.
Economic Indicators. Washington, D.C.: Joint Committee on the Economic Report by the Council of Economic Advisers.
Location: Internet (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/)
Location: Internet (http://www.conference-board.org/economics/indicators.cfm)
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC101 .A186) Latest two years at Reference Desk
Location: Morris Library - U.S. Documents (U.S. Docs. Y4.Ec7:Ec7/) Earlier years
Economic Report of the President transmitted to the Congress. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O.
Location: Internet (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/index.html)
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC106.5 .A272) Latest five years in Reference; latest two years at Reference Desk
Location: Morris Library (HC106.5 .A272) Earlier years

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