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Finding Business and Economic Data

This guide defines business and economy as partaking in the creation, usage, and exchange of monetary funds. 

Please apply the search strategies outlined in Introduction to Finding Data with the following keywords to help orchestrate a search to find datasets related to business and economy.

Keywords: commerce, trade, finance, monetary, tax, currency, investment, reserves, fiscal, debt

Business & Economic Datasets

The ADB works to provide social and economic resources across Asia and the Pacific. This database hosts information on economics, industry, trade, poverty, public sector governance, and financial sector data, as well as social, industrial, and infrastructure information as it relates to finance. 

Includes Localization Banking statistics, consolidation banking, global liquidity, triennial surveys, effective exchange rates, consumer prices, property price statistics, and non-financial sector credit tracking. BIS is owned by 63 central banks that account for 95% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP)

Information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and statistics on inflation & prices, employment, pay & benefits, workplace injuries, occupational requirements, reports, and maps.

Run by the U.S. Department of Commerce this database hosts data related to economics, industry, security, trade, technology, trademarks, patents, technical information, and climate related resources, among other data.

Provided by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, this database contains “millions of company and individual filings.”

The IMF is a global organization of over 90 countries works to "support economic policies that promote financial stability and monetary cooperation." Data includes that form the external, financial, fiscal, and real sectors.

A U.S. Internal Revenue Service tool that allows you to find the tax statistics for businesses, charities, exempt organizations, individuals, products, publications, and papers, among other statistics.

Information provided by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on information surrounding international trade, economic and environmental costs, and transportation information.