The purpose of this publication is to provide you with a starting point to finding general information resources in economic statistics area.
Reference works and databases
| Australian Economic Indicators | A monthly compendium of economic statistics, presenting comprehensive tables, graphs, commentaries, feature articles and technical notes. |
| Yearbook of Labour Statistics | International Labour Office. |
| World Development Indicators | Selected indicators prepared by the Development Data Group of the World Bank's International Economics Department. |
| Europa World | Online version of the Europa World Year Book. Covers political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. |
| EIU CountryData | Produced by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EUI), publishers of The Economist, this service is an analytical database of worldwide economic indicators and forecasts. The service allows you to compare 117 countries across 271 economic series. |
| ECONLit | Provides bibliographic citations, with selected abstracts, to the international literature on economics since 1969. |
| Source OECD | Provides access to all electronic publications of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), including themed studies, monographs, 24 ejournals and statistics databases on the economic status of nations of the world. |
| Available in the Gardens Point Library. | |
| Published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, available online. | |
| Published by the International Labour Office. | |
| ABS Statistics | ABS Statistics provides access to Australian Bureau of Statistics publication from 1998 onwards. |
Journals
| Economic Round-up | Gardens Point Periodical 330.994 103 Jan. 1989 - Carseldine Periodical 330.994 103. |
| Journal of Business & Economic Statistics : A Publication of the American Statistical Association | Connect to eJournal via ProQuest |
| Main Economic Indicators | Via SourceOECD and SourceOECD |
| Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics | Via Business Source Elite (EBSCOhost) Via Blackwell Synergy. |
| Quarterly Labour Force Statistics | Connect to eJournal via SourceOECD Connect to eJournal via SwetsWise Gardens Point Periodical 331.10212 3 No.1 (1983) - |
| Review of Economics and Statistics | Connect to eJournal via Business Source Elite (EBSCOhost). |
Websites
| Economagic.com: Economic Time Series Page | Over 100,000 US and international time series data files, with charts and Excel files for each. Strong emphasis on U.S. materials but includes series for Australia, Canada, Japan, and Europe. Also has time series for stock price indexes - Dow Jones, S & P and Nasdaq. |
| Monthly statistical bulletin | Data and graphs provided by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library. Previously known as the Monthly economic and social indicators. |
| OESR - Office of Economic and Statistical Research | The Office of Economic and Statistical Research (OESR), has been established as a centre of excellence for independent economic information, econometric modelling, statistical data, advice and analysis. |
| Reserve Bank of Australia | This web site contains both current and historical data for a range of financial issues. Coverage includes - government finance, financial markets, interest rates, exchange rates, money and credit and payments. Also the site has press releases and articles from the RBA. |
| World Bank | The World Bank publishes the World Development Indicators annually; most of the text and samples of the tables on labor, education, the economy, are available online as PDF documents at the World Bank Website. |
| World economic and financial surveys | Statistics from the International Monetary Fund. |
| US Census International Database | Worldwide Demographic Data. |