Datamob: economics

World Bank API

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:12:00 -0500

The World Bank API offers data on 114 key economic indicators from three of the World Bank's most popular databases: World Development Indicators 2008, Worldwide Governance Indicators, and Doing Business. Also provides access to 12,000 images that illustrate development topics from The World Bank Photo Library and returns results in JSON or XML.

url: http://developer.worldbank.org/

TheMiddleClass.org Scorecard Data

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:43:15 -0500

Download TheMiddleClass.org's scorecard data for U.S. legislation calculated according to potential impact on the middle class. CSV format.

url: http://themiddleclass.org/csv

Notices from the London Gazette

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:12:36 -0500

All notices published in the London Gazette, the UK government’s official journal and newspaper of record, in XML from February 2007 to May 2008.

url: http://www.londongazette.co.uk/mashup/gazettesdata.htm

UK Neighbourhood Statistics API

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:59:37 -0500

SOAP-based API from the UK Office of National Statistics for accessing data about UK neighborhoods. Includes data on the 2001 Census, Access to Services, Community Well-Being/Social Environment, Crime and Safety, Economic Deprivation, Education, Skills and Training, Health and Care, Housing, Indicators, Indices of Deprivation, People and Society, Physical Environment and Work Deprivation.

Read more about the data here.

url: http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?page=nde.htm

Geographically Based Economic Data (G-Econ)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:39:17 -0500

Geophysically scaled economic dataset, containing economic activity for each 1x1 degree latitude-by-longitude cell on the globe. By Professor William Nordhaus of Yale University. Microsoft Excel format. Public domain.

url: http://gecon.yale.edu/

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Data

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:51:30 -0500

Downloadable datasets from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Policy Development and Research office, including data on fair market rents, the American Housing Survey, USPS vacancies and Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE). Microsoft Excel format.

url: http://www.huduser.org/datasets/pdrdatas.html

IRS Income Tax Data

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:55:13 -0500

ZIP Code Area tables for tax years 2002, 2004 and 2005 from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's Statistics of Income (SOI) program, which uses the Federal tax system as a comprehensive source of economic and financial information. Microsoft Excel format. Public domain.

url: http://bulk.resource.org/irs.gov/soi_zipcode_data/

The Federal Reserve Board Statistics

Fri, 30 May 2008 20:29:53 -0500

Releases and historical data from the U.S. Federal Reserve System. Most tables available in tab-delimited text and/or CSV formats.

url: http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Mon, 05 May 2008 08:05:56 -0500

Data on labor economics. Most tables available in tab-delimited and comma-delimited ASCII text.

url: http://www.bls.gov/

Bureau of Economic Analysis Data

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:01:12 -0500

National, international, regional and industry economic data. Downloadable in CSV format.

url: http://www.bea.gov/interactive.htm

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:00:19 -0500

The U.S. Census Bureau's comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political and economic organization of the United States. Many tables downloadable in Microsoft Excel format.

url: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

OECD.Stat

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:29:13 -0500

Search for and extract data from across the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's databases.

url: http://titania.sourceoecd.org/vl=2538876/cl=37/nw=1/rpsv/statistic/s36_about.htm?jnlissn=99991004

UNdata

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:29:31 -0500

Search United Nations data and download in XML, comma-separated values, semicolon-separated values and pipe-separated values formats.

url: http://data.un.org/

IMF Data and Statistics

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:49:19 -0500

Wide range of time series data on International Monetary Fund lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Tab-delimited values format.

url: http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm#data

World Bank Data & Statistics

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:30:20 -0500

Economic and demographic growth data for countries around the world, downloadable in Microsoft Excel format.

url: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20535285~menuPK:1192694~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html

New York City Property Sales

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:08:07 -0500

Property sales reported by the New York City Department of Finance. Data is updated monthly and published in Microsoft Excel format.

url: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/property/property_val_sales.shtml

National Bureau of Economic Research

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:46:28 -0500

Large collection of datasets on the American economy.

url: http://www.nber.org/data/

Open Economics Data Store

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:02:35 -0500

Collection of datasets on current and historical topics in economics. CSV format.

url: http://openeconomics.net/store/

LaborSta

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:22:21 -0500

Datasets from the International Labour Organization. CSV format.

url: http://laborsta.ilo.org/

Influence of U.S. Presidents on the Economy

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:35:51 -0500

Interactive heatmap showing yearly estimates for seven economic indicators during the terms of eleven U.S. presidents. By Kevin Quealy and Guilbert Gates for The New York Times.

url: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/10/18/business/20081019-metrics-graphic.html

Financial Sector Market Cap Treemap

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:28:34 -0500

Treemap snapshots of the market capitalization of U.S. financial firms in October 2007 and September 2008. By Kevin Quealy and Dylan Loeb McClain for The New York Times.

url: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/15/business/20080916-treemap-graphic.html

Global Consumer Spending Map

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:51:19 -0500

Cartogram in which countries are sized according to the amount of money their citizens spend on clothing, electronics, alcohol, household goods and recreation. By Hannah Fairfield, Elaine He and Kevin Quealy for The New York Times.

url: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/04/business/20080907-metrics-graphic.html

TheMiddleClass.org

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:36:09 -0500

Searchable and browsable analysis of U.S. legislation based on potential impact on the middle class. Uses the Legislature module for Drupal by Neil Drumm. By the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI).

url: http://themiddleclass.org/

Industry Browser

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:01:06 -0500

Browse industries according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and view corresponding Freebase company data as filtered through Google Maps, New York Times Topics, related Wikipedia entries, Securities and Exchange Commission data and political campaign contribution data. By Toby Segaran.

url: http://kiwitobes.com/industry_mashup/

DataPlace 2.0 (Beta)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:17:55 -0500

DataPlace is a free online data system that assembles a variety of housing and demographic data at geographic scales ranging from the neighborhood to the nation. DataPlace is unique in its emphasis on data comparability and quality, and for its licensing options available to organizations that would like to create their own data sites. By Knowledge Plex, Inc. More information about its data sources is available here.

url: http://beta.dataplace.org/

An Average Consumer's Spending

Mon, 05 May 2008 08:11:47 -0500

Interactive Voronoi treemap of the Consumer Price Index, showing how much the average American spends on 84,000 products in 200 categories. By Matthew Bloch, Shan Carter and Amanda Cox for The New York Times.

url: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/05/03/business/20080403_SPENDING_GRAPHIC.html

Ease of Doing Business Map

Sun, 04 May 2008 22:22:15 -0500

Google Map showing the relative ease of doing business in 178 countries according to the World Bank's Doing Business project.

url: http://rru.worldbank.org/businessplanet/

Gapminder World

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:16:20 -0500

Animated visualization of statistical and historical data on the development of countries from 1950-2005.

url: http://www.gapminder.org/world

IMF Data Mapper

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:02:55 -0500

View IMF global economic data on an interactive map.

url: http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/index.php

They Rule

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:23:09 -0500

They Rule allows you to create maps of the interlocking directories of the top companies in the US in 2004.

url: http://theyrule.net/