Researchers & Academics
Datasets, APIs, and archives for economic research and academic study.
How to use this page
FRED, NBER, and the Penn World Table are good starting points for most macro and cross-country research. Use the topic filters to narrow by subject area, and check each tool's description for what kind of downloads or APIs it offers — most academic-grade sources here are free to use, though a few require institutional access for full datasets.
BIS Data Portal
Official global monetary and financial statistics from the Bank for International Settlements.
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Damodaran Online
NYU professor Aswath Damodaran's free valuation and market data spreadsheets.
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Nasdaq Data Link (formerly Quandl)
Financial and alternative datasets via API, both free and premium.
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Seeking Alpha
Investment research platform combining analyst insights, screeners, and market news.
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St. Louis Fed FRASER Archive
Digitized historical archive of US economic and financial documents.
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TIKR
Fundamental analysis terminal tracking superinvestor portfolios and global stocks.
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U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data
Official U.S. Treasury portal for federal fiscal data and APIs.
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Yale/Shiller CAPE Ratio Data
Long-run cyclically-adjusted stock market valuation data from Robert Shiller.
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