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By clicking on "economic research" near the bottom of the home page, one can access both statistics and analysis.
International Economic Indicators: A Sourcebook by Geoffrey
H. Moore and Melita H. Moore.
Location: HC 59 .M62 1985.
In abrition to explaining economic indicators and describing various ones,
this book includes monthly and quarterly data for the U.S., Canada, Britain,
West Germany, France, Italy, and Japan for 1948-1982 where possible. There
are also some multi-country indices.
International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania,
1750-1993.
Location: HA 4675.M552 1998
Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries.
Annual. 1992-
Location: REF HC 411.A754a (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS); also in IIS Microfiche
in Reference, 1130-S2, 1983 -
Published by the Asian Development Bank, this provides tables of over ten
years of data. There is also a section listing the sources from which the
data were taken.
Statistical Yearbook For Asia and the Pacific. Annual.
1968/1969 -1984, 1986-1991, 1993-.
Location: REF HA 1666.S8 (EARLIER IN STACKS)
This United Nations publication provides a goodly amount of data, much of
it economic, for each country. Arrangement is by country. Formerly Statistical
Yearbook for Asia and the Far East.
Europe
Consumer Western Europe. Annual 1985, 1988, 1990-1991,
1993-2006/2007.
Location: HD 7022.C68
This compilation of statistical tables includes data on "consumer trends
in all the major countries of Western Europe" for major retail items.
Some "basic socio-economic parameters are included for general reference."
There is a product index and a list of information sources. Formerly entitled
Consumer Europe.
Consumer Eastern Europe. Annual. 1996/1997, 1999/2000-2005/2006
Location: HC 244.Z9C615
This is a companion volume to the immediately preceding item.
Economagic.com. Economic Time Series Page.
Location: http://www.economagic.com
Thought mainly devoted to the United States, this includes statistics on the European Union.
Economic Bulletin for Europe. Annual. 1989-1997.
Location: HC 240 .A1 U714
A United Nations publication. Provides analysis and statistics.
Economic Survey of Europe. Annual. 1948-1951, 1953-1955, 1957-1959, 1961-1983, 1985-
Location: REF HC 240 .E285 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
A United Nations publication. Provides analysis and statistics.
European Marketing Data And Statistics. Annual. 1981-1982,
1985-2007.
Location: HA 1107.E87
This is a compilation of statistical tables of most European countries. There is a detailed subject
index in the back and a list of information sources. This is a good first place to go for economic,
and also general, statistics.
Eurostat.
Location: http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/eurostat/serven/part3/3som.htm
A Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Communities) site that provides statistics on the European Union.
Eurostat Yearbook. Annual.
Location: HA 1107 .E89 2000; also IIS microfiche 1600-S62 (on the Third
Floor)
Published by the European Union. Each edition covers a number of years.
International Economic Indicators: A Sourcebook by Geoffrey
H. Moore and Melita H. Moore.
Location: HC 59 .M62 1985.
In abrition to explaining economic indicators and describing various ones, this
book includes monthly and quarterly data for the U.S., Canada, Britain, West
Germany, France, Italy, and Japan for 1948-1982 where possible. There are also
some multi-country indices.
International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750 - 1993.
Location: HA 1107 .M5 1998
NBER
Macrohistory Database.
Location: http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/index.html
Provides pre-Second World War statistics for France, Germany, and the United
Kingdom.
State, Economy, and Society in Western Europe 1815-1975: A Data
Handbook.
Location: HA 1107 .F57 1983 and Mount Vernon Library Oversize Stacks HN 374
.S731 1983
Latin America
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean. Annual.
1948, 1951/52-1958, 1960-
Location: REF HC 161 .U525 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
A United Nations publication. Provides analysis and statistics.
The earlier title is Economic Survey of Latin America.
International Historic Statistics: The Americas, 1750-1993
Location: HA 175 .M55 1998
Statistical Abstract of Latin America. Annual. 1964, 1966-1993,
1995-.
Location: REF HA 935.S8 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
This provides tables of data on such topics as industrial production, national
accounts, financial flows, and foreign trade.
Statistical Bulletin of the OAS. Quarterly and semi-annual.
1979-1992.
Location: HA 751 .072
Successor to Synthesis of Economic Performance in Latin America (below).
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Annual. 1973-1981, 1983-.
Location: REF HA 751 .U5 (EARLIER IN STACKS)
A United Nations publication.
Synthesis of Economic Performance in Latin America. Annual.
1978-1979, 1986
Location: HC 121 .A24
The predecessor to Statistical Bulletin of the OAS (above).
North America
Consumer USA. Irregular. 2002.
Location: HC 101 .C744
Provides social and economic statistics, data and forecasts for over 320 consumer
products, and an overview.
Historical Statistics of Canada.
Location: HA 746 .U7
Historical
Statistics of the United States
Location: ALADIN and REF HA 202 .H57 2006
International Economic Indicators: A Sourcebook by Geoffrey
H. Moore and Melita H. Moore.
Location: HC 59 .M62 1985
In abrition to explaining economic indicators and describing various ones, this
book includes monthly and quarterly data for the U.S., Canada, Britain, West
Germany, France, Italy, and Japan for 1948-1982 where possible. There are also
some multi-country indices.
International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-1993.
Location: HA 175 .M55 1998
Oceania
Economagic.com Economagic Time Series Page.
Location: http://www.economagic.com
This contains statistics on Australia, though the site deals mostly with U.S.
International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia, and Oceania, 1750-1993.
Location: HA 4675 .M552 1998
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Historical Statistics. Annual. 1960-1986
Location: HC 10.O183.
This includes data beginning from 1960 of member countries.
Indicators of Industrial Activity. Quarterly 1979-2000.
Location: PERIODICALS, 1979-1981 (BOUND); 1982-1996 (MICROFICHE); also in
IIS microfiche on the third floor, 2300-P10, (1983-2000)
Formed by a merger of two publications of the Organization For Economic Co-operation
and Development (O.E.C.D), Short-Term Economic Indicators For Manufacturing
Industries and Industrial Production, this covers nine basic manufacturing industries
in each member country, as well as each country in a broader way.
Industrial Production Historical Statistics.
Location: HC 10 .O6862
Covers 1960-1975. There is also a supplement.
Industrial Structure Statistics. Annual. 1982,
1984-1985, 1998-1999.
Location: HC 10 .I55
Succeeded by Structural Statistics for Industry and Services (below).
Main Economic Indicators. Monthly. 1966-.
Location: PERIODICALS 1966-82 (BOUND); 1982-1995 (MICROFICHE); also in IIS
microfiche on the third floor, 2300-P5, 1983-
Main Economic Indicators: Historical Statistics, 1960-1975.
Location: HC 59 .O753 1960/75.
Main Economic Indicators: Historical Statistics. 1960-1979.
Location: HC 59 .O753 1960/79.
Main Economic Indicators: Historical Statistics, 1964 -
1983.
Location: HC 59 .O753 1964/83.
Main Economic Indicators: Historical
Statistics Supplements. May, August, November 1977; February,
August 1978
Location: HG 59 .O753 SUPP
OECD.
Location: http://www.oecd.org
This OECD home page provides some statistics.
OECD Economic Outlook. Semi-annual. 1973-June, 1996.
Location: PERIODICALS 1973-83 (BOUND); JULY 1982- (MICROFICHE)
Discusses the policies, trends, and short-term prospects for each and every
OECD country.
OECD Observer. Bimonthly. 1967-
Location: WRLC Storage 1967-1981; microfiche 1982-1996/97; also IIS microfiche
in reference 2300-P2 1983-
There is an annual statistical supplement to the June-July issues.
Published Official Sources of Financial Statistics.
Location: REF HJ 2094 .O73
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
A publication of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Source
OECD.
Location: ALADIN
Provides the full text of OECD publications.
Structural Statistics for Industry and Services.
Annual. 2000, 2003.
Location: HC 10 .I614
Successor to Industrial Structure Statistics (above). Continued on Source
OECD (above) under the title Structural and Demographic Business Statistics.
World-Wide and Regional Coverage
Data
CIS National Statistical Compendiums
Location: SEEA Reading Room
Official statistical compendia of sixty-six countries on microfiche.
Consumer International. Annual. 1996/7-2006/7
Location: HC 79.C6 C666
This compilation of statistical tables includes data on "consumer trends
in all the major non- European countries" for major retail, household items.
Some "basic socio-economic parameters are included for general reference."
There is a product index and a list of information sources. This is a companion
volume to Consumer Europe and Consumer Eastern Europe.
Datastream.
Location: Selected Stations on the Ground Floor
Provides a wide range of economic data. This is best for more in-depth research.
There is a manual at the Reference Desk.
EconStats.
Location: http://www.econstats.com
By clicking on Global Econ Data, World Bank Development Data, IMF International
Financial Statistics, and IMF World Economic Outlook, data are available.
Global
Market Information Database
Location: ALADIN
Provides detialed marketing, social, and economic statistics. Access is
restricted to George Washington University Students, faculty, and staff.
Walk-in use by other is not permitted.
Handbook of Economic Statistics. Annual. 1979-1980, 1983,
1986-1987, 1989; in SEEA Reading Room: 1975, 1978, 1980, 1987-1991
Location: HA 155 .U54; also in SEEA Reading Room under the same call number.
This is an earlier title for the Handbook of International Economic Statistics
Handbook of Industrial Statistics. Biennial. 1992
Location: HC 10 .H34 1992
A United Nations publication succeeded by International Yearbook of Industrial
Statistics.
Handbook of International Economic Statistics. Annual.
1992-1995, 1997-
Location: SEEA Reading Room HA 155 .H36; latest year also at http://www.cia.gov/cia/di/products/hies
Published by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, this provides basic economic
data of many countries for comparative purposes. It supersedes Handbook of
Economic Statistics.
Index to International Statistics. Monthly. 1983-.
Location: REF HA 17 .I535
Indexes and abstracts statistical publications of major international intergovernmental
organizations (i.e. Organization of American States, United Nations) that
are in the English language. Indexing is by titles, by publication numbers,
by issuing sources, by categories (age, commodity, country, individual company
of enterprise, industry, sex) in which data is broken down in a publication,
and by subjects, names and geographic areas. Almost all of the publications
indexed are on microfiche on the Third Floor. The indexes and abstracts
themselves are cumulated quarterly and annually.
Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook. Annual. 1993-
Location: HC 10 .I59
A United Nations publication that succeeds volume two of Industrial Statistics
Yearbook.
Industrial Statistics Yearbook. Annual. 1974-1991
Location: HC 59 .U459
A United Nations publication in two volumes. The first volume is succeeded
by International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics and the second volume
by Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook. The former title is Yearbook
of Industrial Statistics.
Infonation.
Location: http://www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/info.asp
A U.N. site that provides statistics on U.N. member states.
International Financial Statistics. Monthly. 1948-
Location: ALADIN
"International Financial Statistics is a standard source of international
statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. It reports,
for most countries of the world, current data needed in the analysis of problems
of international payments and of inflation and deflation, i.e., data on exchange
rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking.
interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts,
and national accounts." Below are the two print versions. This
is a publication of the International Monetary Fund.
International Financial Statistics. Monthly, 1952-
Location: PERIODICALS DESK, LATEST ISSUES ONLY; EARLIER IN PERIODICALS STACKS
Also available on EconStats (see above).
International Financial Statistics Yearbook. Annual. 1979-
Location: READY REF HG 3881 .I647 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
Also available on EconStats (see above).
International Marketing Data And Statistics. Annual 1981-2007.
Location: HA 42 .I56
This is a compilation of statistical tables of countries outside of Europe.
There is a detailed subject index in the back and a list of information sources.
This is a good first place to go for economic, and also general, statistics.
International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics. Annual.
1996, 2003.
Location: HC 59 .U459
A United Nations publication that succeeds both Handbook of Industrial Statistics
and volume one of Industrial Statistics Yearbook.
Monthly Bulletin of Statistics. Monthly. 1947-1950, 1975-.
Location: HC 57 .U66
A United Nations publication.
Mergent International Manual. Annual. 1981-.
Location: REF HG 4509 .M66 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS).
This is almost entirely devoted to corporate information, but some of the
center marked pages are given over to various statistical data (e.g. money
market rates for nations).
Social Indicators of Development. Annual. 1988-1996
Location: HC 59.69.S63
Superseded by World Development Indicators.
Statistical Abstract of The United States. Annual 1885-.
Location: READY REF, REF HA 202 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS); also at
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab
This compilation of statistical tables, while mainly concerned with the
United States, does include some data for other countries. There is a detailed
subject index in the back.
Statistical Agencies (International).
Location: http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
This U.S. Census Bureau site links to the statistical agencies of a number
of countries and international organizations
Statistical Yearbook. Annual. 1948-1964, 1966-1969, 1971-.
Location: READY REF HA 12.5 .U63 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS.)
This United Nations compendium of statistical tables includes a great many
on economic data. It covers most countries of the world
World Business Cycles.
Location: HB 3711 .W6
This consists of a series of charts and tables giving world business cycles
(e.g. consumer prices), economic data on individual countries, and commodities
production and prices, all from 1950- 1980. There is also a section giving
the "long-term view" of selected economic indicators for the U.S.
and Britain, and of commodity prices from the 1850s and 1980 as the data permits.
World Development Indicators. Annual. 1978, 1998-
Location: READY REF HC 59.15 .W656 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS);ALSO ON
ALADIN
Published by the World Bank, this includes much data (some not easily found
elsewhere) including economic statistics The cd-rom version is enhanced, with
more types of data and time series going back earlier. Supersedes Social Indicators
of Development.
World Tables. Irregular. 1976, 1983 - 1984, 1987, 1989,
1991 - 1995
Location: HC 59 .W669
A publication from data of the World Bank, this presents a wide array of
economic indicators for many countries for a number of years.
Worldwide Economic Indicators (formerly BI/Data Printout
Summary. Annual. 1976-1979, 1981-1985
Location: HD 69 I7 B822
Covers regions and country groups as well as individual countries. A publication
of the Business International Corporation.
Analysis and Forecasts
Country by Country. Annual. 2001 -
Location: REF HC 59 .E387 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
A publication of the Economist Intelligence Unit. "Forecasts of political
and economic trends..."
Global Economic Prospects. Annual. 1995 -
Location: HC 59.69 .G58
This World Bank annual analyzes various aspects of developing countries.
World Development Report. Annual. 1978-1979, 1981-.
Location: HC 59 .7 .W659
An annual of the World Bank that assesses issues of economic development. It includes data for
over 100 countries.
World Economic and Social Survey. Annual. 1948-.
Location: HC 59 .A169
A consideration of the world economy by the United Nations. There are occasional supplements.
Formerly entitled World Economic Survey.
World Economic Outlook. Semi-annual. 1980, 1989, May, 1991-
Location: HC 59 .W645; also at http://www.imf.org/external/pubind.htm
(type in title and highlight year in date criteria box) 1993-
"A survey by the staff of the International Monetary Fund."
World Economic Situation and Prospects. Annual. 2001-
Location: HC 59.15 .W67
A United Nations publication.
Locators
Data on the Net.
Location: http://odwin.ucsd.edu/idata/
This provides hundreds of links to sources of social sciences data on the web, much of it,
numeric data ready to download. Searchable by topic.
International Financial Statistics Locator.
Locator: READY REF HG 151.7.B37 1995
This lists in which publications various data can be found.
Investment Statistics Locator.
Location: READY REF HG4910.C47 1995
This lists in which publications various data, including some international economic statistics,
can be found.
Macroeconomic
Time Series Data Source Locator
Location: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/busecon/macroecon/
"This service provides you with a list of macroeconomic data sources...For each source we determined the oldest date listed for a particular data category (balance of payments, bond market related, etc.)."
For more information, call the Reference Desk at 202-994-6048 or use
the E-mail Reference Form. This page is maintained
by Shmuel Ben-Gad.
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