World

• IMF 90-Day Free-Trial Account 
• GTAP Database on Sectoral International Trade 
• World Trade Atlas (with detailed HK re-export data) 
• IMF -- Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) 
• Worldwide Statistical Offices 
• An overview of international databases 
• AEA Web -- Links to many databases (New) 
• Wharton Database (882u49r6) 
• World Central Bank Links(Recommended by Kumhof) 
• World Central Bank Links (BIS) (including intl bank lending in the section THE BIS CONSOLIDATED INTERNATIONAL BANKING STATISTICS, outstanding liabilities in the section BIS 70thANNUAL REPORT ch.III) 
• Bank for International Settlements Links (with short term international claim data) 
• IMF (with international reserves and foreign currency liquidity data) 
• World Statistics Links 
• National Publications and Yearbooks 
• World Trade, Appendix Table, Trade by Region (WTO) 
• World Health Organization 
• Bank for International Settlements -- Bond Data 
• International Labour Organization
• International Monetary Fund 
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 
• UBC Data Bank(PACIFIC) (historical exchange rate) 
• World Social Security Programs 
• Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank statistics on external debt, now maintained by World Bank (has quarterly debt data, but not in ADB. However, BIS does not update all countries simultaneously, so ADB is preferrable)  
• Key Indicators of Developing Countries (by ADB)  
• The Food and Agriculture Data 
• World Trade Data 
• World Bank (World Data, including Global Development Finance) 
• World Bank Research and Publications 
• World Development Indicators 
• IMF Country Report (click at the country name, then search for statistical appendix) 
• World Development Report (by World Bank) (Go to the "Download" section) 
• Statistical Sites on World Wide Web 
• EIU (including forecasts for exchange rate, CPI etc) (Stanford Network Only) 
• Global Financial Data (Stanford Network Only) 
• Nouriel Roubini's web (includes data about Asian crisis) 
• Misc. data (NBER) 
• Macrohistory data (NBER) 
• Country Report on Economic Policy and Trade Practices --- 2000 
• Country Report on Economic Policy and Trade Practices --- 1993-1999 
• Private investment data in developing countries 
• WSRN : Firm level data(P/E, Yield, Return on Equity, Debt-Equity Ratio, EPS, Earning Growth, Market Value 
• Mergeni: Firm level financial data (Stanford Subscription only) 
• Corporate Information by Wright Investors Service and links to other sources 
• International Reserves, Foreign Currency Liquidity (by IMF) 
• Exchange Rate Policy and Monetary Policy 
• Old Historical Stock Market Index Data and Hang Seng Index Future Data 
• Links to Stock Exchange around the world (including Asia) 
• Standard and Poor's Research Data 
• Labor market Data (some unemployment rate data) 
• National Sample Survey Organization/ Ministry of Finance (official unemployment rate data) 
• Stock Index For America, Mexico, Europe and Asia Pacific  
• Country Economic Profiles, News, Exchange Rates, Stock Exchanges etc.  
• Current Bond Prices and Yields 
• World Population and Historical Estimates 
• World Population (Population Reference Bureau) 
• United Nations 
• United Nations International Comparison Programme (World Comparison of GDP and PPP) 
• Heritage Foundation -- Index of Economic Freedom 
• Moody's Rating Definitions 
• Penn World Table (New) 
• Human Development Index (from the Human Development Report of the United Nations) 
• Financial data from the textbook of Terence Mills 
• Chicago Board of Trade -- Futures Data 
• Crude Oil Spot Prices 
• Oil Prices (Energy Information Administration) 
• Corruption Index 
• Democracy Index 
• World trade data (by country and by sector) 
• Big Mac Index 
• Foriegn Direct Investment data -- UNCTAD 
• Bilateral trade by country and commodity -- UN Comtrade 

World Forecast data

• Economic and Financial Forecast Data
• Economic and Financial Forecast Data -- Financial Forecast Center

OECD

• European Countries Statistics 
• OECD Statistics (some online data) 
• OECD Statistics (some online data) 
• OECD Data 

US

• Economagic: Economic Time Series Page
• Statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal Agencies
• Census Data
• International Transactions Review 
• International Account Data 
• National Account Data 
• NBER Data (including interest rate, monry supply and other economic data from Federal Reserve Bank)
• Recent Economic Data 
• Labor Statistics 
• Statistical Abstract of the United States (but no free data available on web) 
• New Housing Starts 
• Database of US Census Bureau 
• Bureau of Labor Statistics 
• U.S. Economics Data (Price Index, Foreign Trade etc) 
• Standard & Poor's Research 
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (National income and product accounts table) 
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (Direct Investment Positions) 
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (Survey of Current Business) 
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (Stock of Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods 1925-98) 
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA Depreciation Rates, Service Lives, and Declining-Balances Rates) 
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (US Direct Investment Abroad and FDI Position in US, 1982-98) 
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (Alternative Direct Investment Position Estimates, 1997-98) 
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (Private Services Trade by Area and Country, 1986-98) 
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (Gross Product of MOFA's as a percent of GDP, 1986, 1996-97)
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (International Investment Data) 
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (Royalties and License Fees (1998)) 
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (Foreign Official and Private Holdings of US Treasury Securities by Country) 
• New Privately Owned Housing Units (US 2000 Census) 
• USA Trade (including bilateral trade) 
• US Trade by Country (1 digit SITC) 
• Economic Report of the President 
• Department of Commerce 
• US Treasury -- Treasury Bulletin 
• DataBase of Federal Reserves Bank of St.Louis 
• Detailed trade data 
• comprehensive database (by the University of Michigan) 
• comprehensive database (by the Oswego State University) 

Asia/APEC/ASEAN

Financial information of companies in Asia Pacific (Including Current Market Capitalization) 

Annual Reports of Asia Pacific Companies and Other Business Links 

APEC Tariff (login: Isabel Yan) 

APEC Business Advisory Council

ASEAN Country Data 

Asia Recovery Information Center (by ADB) (with database and useful links) 

Latest Data for A/P Economies 

Stat-usa (Economic Indicator of the United States) (can only be accessed through Stanford Network 

Country Data of ADB  

Selected Economic Indicators for East Asian Countries (including deposit rate in local currencies of different countries)  

Asian Development Bank (has a New Data section, Asia Recovery Report, Asia Recovery Information Center) 

Asia Recovery Information Center (ARIC) Indicators of 5 affected countries (including inter-bank lending rate under "market indicator")  

Asia Recovery Information Center (ARIC) Country and Topic Focus 

Asia and the Pacific in Figures 2000 (United Nations) 

Government Departments in Various Asian Countries 

China, P.R.C.

Download Chinese Software

• National Bureau of Statistics 
• Bilateral Foreign Trade (by MOFTEC) 
• Exchange Rate (SAFE) 
• Foreign Exchange Reserves 
• FDI 
• Stock and Securities Statistics 
• Stock and Securities Market 2 
• Money Supply 
• Macroeconomic data (including monthly FDI and yearly intl and China statistical yearbook) 
• News(People's Daily) 
• Banking 
• Fiscal Data 
• Balance sheets of Banks, Financial market statistics 
• shenzhen Stock Exchange 
• shanghai Stock Exchange 
• Chinese publications by CEI (needs Chinese browser) 
• Balance sheets of Chinese Banks (click at the 3rd to the last item on the left) 
• Discussion of the foreign exchange policy in China 
• China Research Institute (with articles on current affairs) 
• China News Digest 
• People's Daily 
• China Monetary Statistics and News 
• List of commerical databases about China 

News of China, P.R.C.

China Economic Information Networks 

News on China's Export tax Rebate 

Hong Kong, China

• Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department
• How to find Hong Kong Statistics
• Hong Kong FDI by sectors (Go to the section "External Direct Investment Statistics of HK")
• Hong Kong retained imports
• Hong Kong Monetary Authority
• HKMA Statistical Publications -- Full Text of Annual Report, Quarterly Bulletin, Monthly Statisticl Bulletin and HKMA fact sheet
• External Trade
• Trade Index Numbers 
• Consumer Price Indices 
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Implicit Price Deflator of GDP  
• Main expenditure components of GDP at current market prices 
• Main expenditure components of GDP at constant(1990) market prices 
• Per Capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP)  
• Seasonally adjusted GDP and selected expenditure components 
• Gross Domestic Product by Economic Activity  
• Population 
• Statistics on Labour Force, Unemployment and Underemployment  
• Indices of Total Retail Sales 
• Indices of Restaurant Receipts 
• Indices of Business Receipts for Selected Service Industries 
• BOP 
• Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets 
• Stock of Inward Direct Investments by Major Countries 
• Latest press release (National accounts, Trade, Direct Investment,Production, Price) 
• Latest summary table of economic vars (National accounts, Labor, price, fiscal, debt, financial, interest, external sectors, reserves, trade, population) (by HKMA) 
• Latest HKD and Foreign Currency Interest Rate (from HSBC) 
• HKMA Annual Report's Statistics 
• The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (with Hang Seng Stock Index Volume Data) 
• Hong Kong Financial Budgets 2002-03 
• Hong Kong Trade Development Center 
• Hong Kong SAR government website for freest economy 
• Hong Kong Government's policy and report on innovation and technology (1) 
• Hong Kong Government's policy and report on innovation and technology (2) 
• Hong Kong Government's policy and report on innovation and technology (3) 
• Hong Kong's IPOs (from HK Stock Exchange) 
• Hong Kong's IPOs (from e-finet.com) 

Taiwan, China

• Directorate General of Customes -- Tariff Statistics
• Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) -- Comprehensive Trade Statistics
• Ministry of Finance -- Trade Statistics
• National Statistics
• Statistical Abstract of National Income 
• Homepage (by Directorate General of Budget Accounting and Statistics - Executive Yuan - R.O.C.) 
• Statistics Information(by Directorate General of Budget Accounting and Statistics - Executive Yuan - R.O.C.) (Click at "Statistical Publication" on the left for a lot of important official statistical publication and "Social Indicators Survey" on the right 
• Recent Foreign Currency Deposit Rates (by Bank of Taiwan)
• Penn World Table
• Penn World Table (New)
• Taiwan Stock Exchange
• Central Bank of China (monetary and financial data)

India

• Macroeconomic data
• GDP by industry
• STATISTICS ON DEMOGRAPHIC & SOCIO- ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 

Indonesia

• Statistics
• GDP Quarterly 
• Bank of Indonesia (including weekly data on USD interest rate on guarantee) 
• Recent Economic and Financial Data for Indonesia (including reserve under External Sector) 
• Monthly data on International Interest Rate (including historical SIBOR and LIBOR) 
• Company information (including financial statements and debt-equity ratio) (To access data: enter company name as keyword and then go to "profile", then go to "Audited Accounts") 

Japan

• National Statistics
• Economic and Financial Data  
• Japan Statistical Yearbook
• GDP 
• External Data 
• Indonesia Corporate Information by Wright Investors Service: Price, sales, earning analysis of firms  

South Korea

• National Statistics
• Economic Data 
• Financial data (Bank of Korea) 

Malaysia

• Economic and Financial Data (Central Bank) (with external debt, portfolio investment etc)
• Malaysia Central Bank
• Latest Economic Variables, Key Statistics 
• Bilateral Trade, Industry 

Philippines

• Sectoral Data
• Quick Statistics 
• Exports and Imports 
• Statistical Sites 
• Trade between Philippines and its Trading Partners 
• National Account, Regional Economic Indicators, Selected economic indicators for Asian countries 
• Selected Economic and Financial Indicators (including Recent Foreign Interest Rate), Monthly Econ Indicators (including Portfolio Investment, Direction of Trade), Recent IFS Statistics for Philippines 
• Department of Finance (including debt, interest rate and other banking indicators) 
• Bureau of the Treasury (including Debt Service Data) 

Singapore

• Singapore Statistics Department
• Latest Annual Social and Economic Data
• Quarterly Economic Data in the tables at the end of the bulletin
• Monetary Authority of Singapore (Go to dataroom) (including reserves and foreign currency liquidity data) 
• Historical Data 
• Quarterly Detailed Data (Statistical Appendix, GDP growth forecast) 
• Official Statistics(Latest Indicators, Selected Historical Data) 
• Singapore Stock Exchange (for data about stock index future volume, click at Derivatives Prices and Statistics section) 

Thailand

• Fiscal Sector, External Sector, Monetary sector, Inflation (Monthly)
• Monthly Bulletin of Economic Data 
• E-Thailand Monthly Economic Review 
• Key Economic Indicators (Annual data on GDP, BOP, Reserves, Direct and Portfolio Investment etc)  
• DataBank of Bank of Thailand(including Financial Statistics (Interest on US deposit), Reserve, International Investment, External Debt)  
• External Debt 
• Macro-Economic Data 
• National Economic and Social Development Board (Historical and Recent Quarterly GDP) 
• Thailand Statistical Yearbook  

Latin American Countries

• Latin American Countries Economic Briefing 
• Latin American Countries Economic Statistics 
• Inter-American Development Bank 

Brazil

• Bank of Brazil(Economic Information)
• Bank of Brazil(Statistical Table)
• Statistical Abstract of National Income 
• Finacial data 

Mexico

• Economic and Financial Data (Central Bank)
• GDP 
• Unemployment Rate 
• Finacial data 
• Finacial data 
• Finacial data 

Turkey

• Economic and Financial Data
• State Institute of Statistics

Other Sources Not Available on the Internet

World

• Global Development Finance CD (has Debt and Reserve Data)(by World bank)
• World Bank: World Tables (e.g. Historical GDP per capita, GDP at constant price, trade)
• World Development Indicators CD
• Yearbook of International Statistics (available in the library)
• External Debt Statistics Historical Data (OECD)
• International Direct Investment Statistics (OECD)
• World Investment Directory Volume VII -- Asia and the Pacific (United Nations)
• Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions 2000 (IMF)
• World Investment Directory Volume VII -- Asia and the Pacific (United Nations)
• United Nations -- a list of available statistical data 

US

• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.A. (with data on the Merchandise Trade by Countries)
• International Trade Statistics Yearbook (with data on US's trade with Principal Countries)

China

• China Financial Outlook CD (including Portfolio Investment data (under the section "BOP"))

HK

• Consumer Price Index Report (publisher: Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department)
• Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics (publisher: Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department)
• Gross Domestic Product (publisher: Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department)
• Report of Employment, vancancies and payroll statistics (publisher: Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department, Employment and Earnings Statistics Section)

Indonesia

• Buletin Ringkas BPS (Bahasa Indonesia) (publisher: BPS Statistics Indonesia)
• Expenditure for Consumption of Indonesia (publisher: BPS Statistics Indonesia)
• Indonesian Statistical Yearbook (or Statistical Yearbook of Indonesia) (publisher: BPS Statistics Indonesia)
• Monthly Economic Indicators (publisher: BPS Statistics Indonesia)
• National Labor Force Survey (publisher: BPS Statistics Indonesia)

Malaysia

• Annual Report (publisher: Bank Negara Malaysia)
• Insurance Annual Report (publisher: Bank Negara Malaysia)
• Money and Banking in Malaysia (publisher: Bank Negara Malaysia)
• Monthly Statistical Bulletin (publisher: Bank Negara Malaysia)
• Quarterly Bulletin (publisher: Economic Department -- Bank Negara Malaysia)

Singapore

• Economic Survey of Singapore (publisher: Singapore National Printers)
• Monthly Statistical Bulletin (publisher: Singapore -- Monetary Authority of Singapore)
• Yearbook of Statistics (publisher: Singapore -- Department of Statistics)

South Korea

• Guide to Economic Statistics (publisher: Seoul, Korea -- Bank of Korea)
• Korea Statistical Yearbook (publisher: Seoul -- National Statistical Office)
• Monthly Statistical Bulletin (publisher: Seoul, Korea -- Bank of Korea)

Thailand

• Factbook (publisher: Bangkok -- Securities Exchange of Thailand)