Data

Finding data is not always easy, so GPEMA has collected, listed and linked several data sources. This page is not a definitive or complete list of links, but it is a useful place to start looking for data. Although an attempt was made to organise it according to some logic, it is still a collection of data sources that are commonly used by analysts and researchers. GPEMA apologises for any repetition therein. GPEMA also refuses any liability that may arise from the inaccuracy or use of the information provided below (please consult the disclaimer for further information).

This page is divided into 5 further sub-sections:

• Data – By Authors
• Data – By IO and Country/Region
• Data – Finance
• Data – Military
• Data – Political

The few entries below aggregate some of the most general sources, which are repeated in the pages above:

GENERAL

• Bloomberg Interactive Charts
• Financial Times Market Data (Data archive) – Commodities, Currencies, Bonds, Government Bonds Spreads, Credit Indices, Interest Rates, Sectors & Industries, Companies
• Deutsche Bank IQ – Deutsche Bank’s web based index portal. It provides clients with comprehensive coverage of Deutsche Bank’s proprietary Investible and Benchmark indices. Deutsche Bank is a leading provider of indices spanning all major asset classes and regions.
• PIMCO Index – Global Advantage Bond Index, United States Overall, Eurozone Overall, Japan Overall, Other Industrialized Countries Overall, Emerging Markets Overall, Global Advantage Government Bond Index, Other Industrialized Government, Emerging Government and European Advantage Government Bond Index
  
• HSCB Global Research – Equity Indices
• Capital Markets Daily (CMD) – Specialises in Bond Markets information
• ITC (International Trade Centre) – Country Profiles
• IMF – DataMapper
• TradingEconomics.com – Wide ranging economic data with useful chart tools
• Doing Business Country profiles and Data – Ease of doing business information
• Financial Standards Foundation – Country Profiles,  Country Briefs, Rankings
• Commodity prices – from Indexmundi
• Energy Exporter Databrowser
• European Employment Observatory (EEO) – Key data sources, Quarterly Reports Executive Summaries Archive,  EEO Thematic Reports and Newsletter
• European Observatory on Health systems and Policies – Country Profiles, Policy Briefs (best practices) and other assorted publications
• Pension Funds Online – Data and Country Profiles
• European Mortgage Federation
• OECD Tax Database 
• Penn World Tables
• New York University Development Research Institute
• Economics Web Institute Data
• UN International Migration Characteristics data
• WB Net Migration data
• Observatorio de Emigração – Datasets,Facts and Figures (A think tank on Portuguese emigration)
• The Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries Migratory Observatory (in Portuguese)
• Parline database on National Parliaments – from the Inter Parliamentary (IPU)
• Multilateral Peace Operations Database
• Military Expenditure Database (Download File here)
• Arms Transfers Database
• Arms Embargoes Database
• Top 100 arms-producing companies (and other information on arms industry)
• World Bank – data on Military expenditure (annual)
• NATO – Information on Defence Expenditures (1949-2010) (annual)
• The Genographic Project – from The National Geographic
• HapMap

Still can’t find what you are looking for? Why not check the Macrodata Guide. It is “an accommodating starting point for researchers and students looking for data on the environment in which individuals reside and behave (Data Sources by Topic)”. You may also want to have a look at the Academic and Data Resources Links for Economics of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas or CKAN. Oh and if you really have a lot of money and want to splash it around, just get an account with Haver Analytics, Thomson/Reuters or a Bloomberg terminal.