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"The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) international financial statistics are a unique source of information on various elements of the global financial system."

The Eviction Lab at Princeton University has built the first nationwide database of evictions.

"Foreign Trade is the official source for U.S. export and import statistics and [is] responsible for issuing regulations governing the reporting of all export shipments from the United States. If you're searching for import or export statistics, information on export regulations, commodity classifications, or a host of other trade related topics, this is the place to get the information you need."

"The International Economic Statistics Database simplifies the search for worldwide economic indicators. The database provides links to individual indicators (such as GDP and CPI) for each country, as well as a detailed description of the data. Descriptions are searchable by title, country, subject, and keyword. The links are checked regularly to maintain accuracy. Indicators are continually added." From the St. Louis Fed.

From the UN: "The Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. It contains 53 tables, comprising over 100 indicators, of monthly, quarterly and annual data on a variety of subjects illustrating important economic trends.." Click the "i" button for more detail.

"The PGI website presents data for the Group of 20 (G-20) to facilitate the monitoring of economic and financial developments for these systemically important economies."

Links to U.S. macro and regional data, other U.S. data, world and non-U.S. data, data on finance and financial markets, and journal data and program archives.

Basic statistical data for the region of the European Union.

"The UN Comtrade database contains more than 1 billion trade records dating from 1962."

"UNCTAD compiles, validates and processes a wide range of data collected from national and international sources. Through its data dissemination system, UNCTADstat, it provides free access to comprehensive statistical time series and indicators essential for the analysis of world trade, development, and interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and durable development."

"Use this database to find data on national accounts, inflation, unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade for countries and country groups (aggregates), and commodity prices whose data are reported by the IMF. Data are available from 1980 to the present, and projections are given for the next two years."

Aggregate source for freely-available World Bank statistics, including all the World Development Indicators (WDI), some of Global Development Finance, statistics on health, gender, education, doing business, and more.

"FAOSTAT includes data on agricultural and food production, usage of fertilizers and pesticides, food aid shipments, food balance sheets, forestry and fisheries production, irrigation and water use, land use, population trends, trade in agricultural products, the use of agricultural machinery, and more."

"You can access statistical data from the Human Development Report (HDR) and resources to help you better understand this data. You will also find helpful information about the Human Development Index (HDI) and other indices, links to other background materials, data resources, and on-going debates and discussions on human development statistics."