Business Owners & Analysts
Forecasting, benchmarking, and market-sizing tools for business decisions.
How to use this page
Use Labor Market and Sentiment & Forecasting to gauge hiring conditions and near-term demand, and Housing & Real Estate or Trade & International if your business is exposed to those sectors. Many of these tools are built for professional analysts, so look at the pricing badge — some offer a useful free tier, others require a subscription for the data cuts you'll actually need.
BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Official US GDP, personal income, and trade data direct from the source agency.
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Explore Census Data
Explore U.S. Census Bureau tables, maps, profiles, and public-use microdata.
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FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Massive free database of US and international economic time series; the default source most other tools pull from.
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OECD Data Explorer
Cross-country macroeconomic indicators for OECD member nations.
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Trading Economics
Real-time economic indicators, forecasts, and historical data across 196 countries.
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U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data
Official U.S. Treasury portal for federal fiscal data and APIs.
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