Researchers & Academics

Datasets, APIs, and archives for economic research and academic study.

How to use this page

FRED, NBER, and the Penn World Table are good starting points for most macro and cross-country research. Use the topic filters to narrow by subject area, and check each tool's description for what kind of downloads or APIs it offers — most academic-grade sources here are free to use, though a few require institutional access for full datasets.

All Macro & GDP Labor Market Inflation & Prices Rates & Monetary Policy Trade & International Housing & Real Estate Markets & Financial Data Sentiment & Forecasting Education & Learning

DataUSA.io

Visual explorer for US public economic and demographic data by place, industry, and occupation.

Free

FRED Blog

Short, accessible explainers pairing FRED data with real-world context.

Free

Our World in Data — Economic Growth

Visual, well-sourced explainers on global economic trends, built for general audiences.

Free