<p>That frequency is very hard to come by for GDP and employment, especially in many countries.</p>
<p>The only thing I know that allows that level of measurement is prices: check <a href="https://www.pricestats.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.pricestats.com/</a> for daily measures of inflation, purchasing power parity and real exchange rate. It's available for many countries, both in developed and emerging economies.</p>

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2020-07-02T06:23:44.063Z
Can that data be downloaded as a csv file?
Simd
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2020-07-02T20:42:47.233Z
I downloaded their daily inflation in CSV format.
one_teach_wonder
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one_teach_wonder
<p>Check this resource <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://fred.stlouisfed.org/</a>, I think is one of the best free repository for economic data.
It includes gdp growth and unemployment for many different countries (at monthly or quaterly frequency, which I think is the best you can find with this kind of data)</p>

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Does it offer CSV download?
Simd
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Sure, you can choose between .csv or .xls (excel format)
AbateFaria
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AbateFaria
<p>Trading Economics <a href="https://tradingeconomics.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://tradingeconomics.com/</a> has copious data on various markets for various countries and has tools for downloading datasets in full as well as dashboards for analyzing trends on the site.</p>
<p>It seems like it has most everything you would be looking for and is updated quite regularly</p>
<p>Hope this helps! Good luck :)</p>
<p>EDIT: As a possible supplement, The Penn World Tables <a href="https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/productivity/pwt/?lang=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/productivity/pwt/?lang=en</a>, although only up until 2017, have great international data for further insight!</p>

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<p>I am interested in economic modelling of the correct state of the economy.  Figures such as unemployment and gdp come out with a considerable delay.  What are good publicly available datasets that are available daily/weekly that are known to be proxies for unemployment and gdp growth?</p>
<p>Ideally these data would be available for a number of countries. I am only interested in datasets I can download in full.</p>

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2020-06-24T09:40:28.530Z
There are surveys of company intentions and perceptions (production, sales, recruitment) which have a weak relationship to GDP and unemployment but they are often produced privately for a fee with a public press release so are not so easily available
Henry
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(1) Financial markets are sensitive to the economy. (2) Read the financial news, real-time data are extremely popular. However, many sources are unlikely to be free.
Brian Romanchuk
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BrianRomanchuk I don't think the Dow Jones , for example, is a good predictor of GDP. It's all about how much much big companies can make.
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How to find daily/weekly data on the state of the economy
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# How to find daily/weekly data on the state of the economy

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-24)

I am interested in economic modelling of the correct state of the economy. Figures such as unemployment and gdp come out with a considerable delay. What are good publicly available datasets that are available daily/weekly that are known to be proxies for unemployment and gdp growth?

Ideally these data would be available for a number of countries. I am only interested in datasets I can download in full.

**Tags:** macroeconomics

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: There are surveys of company intentions and perceptions (production, sales, recruitment) which have a weak relationship to GDP and unemployment but they are often produced privately for a fee with a public press release so are not so easily available  
> **username_2**: (1) Financial markets are sensitive to the economy. (2) Read the financial news, real-time data are extremely popular. However, many sources are unlikely to be free.  
> **username_0**: username_2 I don't think the Dow Jones , for example, is a good predictor of GDP. It's all about how much much big companies can make.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2020-07-01. Score: 2

That frequency is very hard to come by for GDP and employment, especially in many countries.

The only thing I know that allows that level of measurement is prices: check <https://www.pricestats.com/> for daily measures of inflation, purchasing power parity and real exchange rate. It's available for many countries, both in developed and emerging economies.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Can that data be downloaded as a csv file?  
> **username_3**: I downloaded their daily inflation in CSV format.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-07-02. Score: 1

Check this resource <https://fred.stlouisfed.org/>, I think is one of the best free repository for economic data.
It includes gdp growth and unemployment for many different countries (at monthly or quaterly frequency, which I think is the best you can find with this kind of data)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Does it offer CSV download?  
> **username_4**: Sure, you can choose between .csv or .xls (excel format)  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2020-07-02. Score: 1

Trading Economics <https://tradingeconomics.com/> has copious data on various markets for various countries and has tools for downloading datasets in full as well as dashboards for analyzing trends on the site.

It seems like it has most everything you would be looking for and is updated quite regularly

Hope this helps! Good luck :)

EDIT: As a possible supplement, The Penn World Tables <https://www.rug.nl/ggdc/productivity/pwt/?lang=en>, although only up until 2017, have great international data for further insight!


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