Business Owners & Analysts
Forecasting, benchmarking, and market-sizing tools for business decisions.
How to use this page
Use Labor Market and Sentiment & Forecasting to gauge hiring conditions and near-term demand, and Housing & Real Estate or Trade & International if your business is exposed to those sectors. Many of these tools are built for professional analysts, so look at the pricing badge — some offer a useful free tier, others require a subscription for the data cuts you'll actually need.
BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Official US GDP, personal income, and trade data direct from the source agency.
FreeFRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Massive free database of US and international economic time series; the default source most other tools pull from.
FreeOECD Data Explorer
Cross-country macroeconomic indicators for OECD member nations.
FreeTrading Economics
Real-time economic indicators, forecasts, and historical data across 196 countries.
Freemium