Open Resources - Economics & Business

Federal agencies and many international organizations make their data, reports, and publications available free of charge. Some universities and institutions make teaching resources or scholarly publications freely available to others. 

United States government materials are in the public domain while other organizations make their materials available using Creative Commons or other open licenses. To be sure that your use falls within the scope of the license, look for a terms of use, copyright, or similar link on the site you're using. If you have questions about your use of these materials, contact scholarlycomm@georgetown.edu.

United States Government

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic Census

Federal Reserve Economic Data

USA Trade Online

International Organizations

Eurostat

  • Eurostat Data: European statistics, including economy, finance, trade, and industry

International Monetary Fund

United Nations

  • United Nations Data: Includes finance, labor, trade, and other databases, and data by country

World Bank

  • World Bank Data: DataBank is an analysis and visualization tool that contains extensive collections of data on a variety of topics
  • Reports and Working Papers: From the World Bank's Development Economics Group
  • World Bank Publications: Includes books, journal articles, working papers, annual reports, and more published by the World Bank

Country Information

CIA World Fact Book

Country commercial guides (written by U.S. Embassy trade experts)

Country statistical agencies (compiled by the Census Bureau)

Country and regional information (World Bank)

Open Educational Resources

MIT Sloan Open Courseware - Class materials from MIT's Sloan School of Management

MIT Sloan LearningEdge - Case studies and management flight simulations from MIT's Sloan School of Management

OpenStax - Free textbooks for students - includes economics titles; hosted by Rice University

Open Textbook Library - Free textbooks for students - includes business and economics titles; hosted by the University of Minnesota

Journal Articles, Working Papers, and News

DOAJ - Indexes and provides access to open access, peer-reviewed journals

NBER Economic Indicators and Releases - Daily updates with links to reports

OpenDOAR - Indexes and searches open access repositories

SSRN (Social Science Research Network) - Searchable database of research papers in the social sciences, including economics, finance, management, and related topics