Economics

The latest numbers for over a dozen key indicators. Also links to historical data and has the ability to compare monthly data.

Contains country risk ratings and brief risk analysis for individual countries, as well as business climate ratings and analysis. Also contains data for comparison of risk by sector.

Information on humanitarian crises around the world, including analysis, maps, and infographics.

Fairly focused on the US, though there is a 'global' section. Content from 2002-present. User-friendly with interesting content.

A blog focusing on analysis of current economic data and government policy. Has a scholarly focus with in-depth economic analysis of current economic data, mostly on the U.S.

The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research. FRASER provides digital access to US economic history through policy documents, press coverage, and economic and banking data.

Developed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED includes more than 240,000 economic and financial time series data from dozens of U.S. and international sources. The homepage displays recent research and a glance at the most recent unemployment and ten-year treasury rates, the consumer price index, and the gross domestic product. It contains tools to download data, create maps and graphs, and understand the data better. Creating an account allows you to develop graphs that will automatically be updated when new data becomes available, save data lists, and build dashboards.

Up-to-date statistics and access US economic information. Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; includes unemployment, earnings, and CPI info.

Measuring Worth explores alternative ways to compare and measure the relative worth of things. The site includes historical data on economic aggregates from the US, UK, and Australia, and to a lesser extent, Japan and China. The site has three main components: Comparators, Graphs, and Data Sets. Facilitates an understanding of how much things were worth historically.

Comparisons of economic freedom and opportunity in around the world based on ten measures or “freedoms:” Business, Trade, Fiscal, Monetary, Investment, Financial, Property, Freedom from Corruption, and Government Spending.

This free website makes tables and statistical charts for current events readily accessible. Contains nine categories and narrower subtopics as well as a valuable section of outside links. Data entries link to the original statistical source and can be viewed or downloaded as MS Excel CSV files.

A free tool for researching the finances of nonprofit organizations.

Uses noneconomic measures to gauge the well-being of a country's inhabitants. It covers 133 countries, with partial data on 28 more. The Index consists of 52 indicators, divided into three major categories: basic human needs (shelter, sanitation), foundations of well-being (life-expectancy, school enrollment), and opportunity (tolerance, political rights). The indicator data come from well-respected producers of social data such as the United Nations, World Health Organization, OECD, and the World Bank, and are updated yearly. Data analysis is made available as brief summaries, detailed reports, graphic presentations, or full datasets, with options to embed, download, or display the data tables in different ways, instantly reconfigured online.

Data for all of Alberta’s 400+ legal municipalities across 80+ economic, socio-demographic, and environmental datasets; view all available data for each municipality at a glance, build your own regions out of multiple municipalities, and use filters to find municipalities that match specific criteria.