University of Maryland

Department of Economics

Prof. Carlos A. Végh

DATA SOURCES

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Databases

• World Bank Database
• International Financial Statistics (IMF) (You will need an ID and password to use this database; please e-mail me about this)
• EDGAR Database of Corporate Information (database provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission)
• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' FRED database (historical U.S. economic and financial data)
• NBER Online Databases (numerous macro and micro databases)
• GeoInvestor.com (a global economic and financial database, covering more than 40 countries)

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International Organizations

• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• European Central Bank
• European Union
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• Research Department
• Economic and Social Progress in Latin America (IPES): Annual reports focusing on important public policy issues
• International Finance Corporation
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• IMF Working Papers (available online starting with WP/97/01).
• World Economic Outlook (latest issue from October 1998 available online)
• Finance and Development (an economic policy review published quarterly by the IMF and the World Bank; available on line)
• IMF website by the Hoover Institution (provides information and debates about the IMF's role)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• World Bank
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

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National sources of data and information

• Central Banks on the World Wide Web: Links to central banks from all over the world provided the BIS.
• United States
• Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System (Central Bank)
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Research publications, like the Economic Policy Review, are available online)
• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

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