FTS: Too Big to Fail?: Data & Statistics

The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational level. A joint effort from the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank.

U.S. Census Bureau trade statistics.

Sponsored by the International Monetary Fund, IFS is a standard source of economic and financial data for most countries of the world. Includes many macroeconomic indicators including measures of money supply, exchange rates, trade/balance of payments, prices/inflation, interest rates, employment, and national income & product accounts. Useful for international economics and business statistical data needs. Can search for indicators & countries and download to Excel.

From the World Trade Organization.

OECD.stat includes data and metadata for 34 member countries and selected non-member economies. This data covers a wide range of topics, including the economy, health, the environment, and information technology.

These reports, produced by the World Bank, examine global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on emerging market and developing economies.

Though it sounds incredibly boring, the CBO provides non-partisan research to Congress and makes that research public. You can often find good information on hot topics here.

A portal for all sorts of statistical data from federal Web sites.

Provides quick access to economic data on employment, prices, international trade, production, and more compiled by U.S. federal agencies.

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonpartisan organization that facilitates cutting-edge investigation and analysis of major economic issues. It disseminates research findings to academics, public and private-sector decision-makers, and the public by posting more than 1,200 working papers and convening more than 120 scholarly conferences, each year.

This is perhaps the single most useful small package of statistical information available. It includes hundreds of tables of figures on population, economics, social factors, etc., with references to the original sources. An index to the tables provide essay access. A web version can be found at Census.gov.

From the Department of Commerce. Offers regional, national, and international economic data. Includes working papers, surveys of current business, and interactive data tables.

Offers statistics on consumer price, employment, wages, inflation, productivity, the U.S. economy, etc. This is a gold mine of current statistical data and reports covering consumer spending, employment, wages, productivity, occupations, international trade, and industries. Also shows "The U.S. Economy at a Glance."

The "steward of U.S. economic and financial systems" offers reports on the economy and budget as well as other issues.

Includes Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) data sets and graphing/mapping tools for dozens of U.S. and international data series.

Includes summary and detailed information on bank and thrift failures since the FDIC was established in 1934.

Bank statistics and research papers from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, including the Quarterly Banking Report.

The FFIEC prescribes standards for the federal examination of financial institutions; includes reports on bank performance, "call reports", HMDA/CRA reports, etc.

Research reports and statistics and historical data on banks, lending, consumer credit, etc.

A large online archival collection of documents, data, and primary resources on U.S. financial systems.