Links:
Links to other events covering topics on expectations, beliefs and behavioral macro etc.
Interdisciplinary events:
Annual Interdisciplinary WZB Conference
Context and Episodic Memory Symposium
Note: The contents below were last updated in 2018.
Data sources of (or containing) perception and/or forecasts of economic variables
European Commission Economic Forecasts (European Commission)
European Survey of Professional Forecasters (European Central Bank)
Survey of Professional Forecasters (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Greenbook Data Sets, FOMC meetings minutes (Federal Reserve Board of Governors)
Michigan Survey of Consumers (University of Michigan)
Consensus Forecasts (Consensus Economics, London) Available on Datastream
Blue Chip Economic Indicators and Financial Forecasts Available on Datastream
Management and Organizational Practices Survey (US Census Bureau)
Livingston Survey (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Quarterly Survey of Chief Financial Officers (Duke University)
I/B/E/S Estimates (Thomson Reuters. Analysts' forecasts. Available on Datastream or Wharton Research Data Serices, WRDS)
American Association of Individual Investors Survey
Investor Intelligence survey of investment newsletters
Survey of Consumer Expectations Survey of Primary Dealers (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Consumer Confidence Survey (Government of Japan)
Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan) Data Explanation
Basic Survey of Japanese Business Structure and Activities Survey on Overseas Business Activities (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan)
World Economic Outlook (International Monetary Fund)
Economic Report of the President (US Council of Economic Advisers)
OECD Economic Outlook (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
European Commission Business and Consumer Suverys
Eurobarometer (European Commission)
Stability and Convergence Programmes and Annual Draft Budgetary Plans of Euro Countries (European Commission)
Budget and Economic Data (US Congressional Budget Office)
Economic and Fiscal Outlook [Forecast Evaluation Reports] [Forecasting methodology of OBR] (Office for Budget Responsibility, UK)
German Draft Budgetary Plan (German Federal Ministry of Finance)
Inflation Report [containing forecasts of BoE and external forecasters] Monetary policy summary and minutes (Bank of England)
NMG Households Survey & Inflation Attitudes Survey& Decision Maker Panel (Bank of England)
Fed Funds Future Prices (Chicago Board of Trade)
US dollar Sterling forward exchange rate (Bank of England)
OeNB Euro Survey (the Oesterreichische Nationalbank)
ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey
Forecasts for the UK economy: a comparison of independent forecasts (Published by HM Treasury)
Budget of the US government (Office of Management and Budget, USA)
Business Outlook Survey Staff Economic Projections (Bank of Canada)
Real-time Dataset for the Euro Area
Original vintage data sources (Simon van Norden's website)
Money Market Survey (European Central Bank)
Quarterly economic survey Quarterly economic forecast (British Chambers of Commerce)
CentERdata (Tilburg University)
Survey of Economic Expectations (University of Wisconsin 1994-2002, introduction)
ZEW Financial Market Survey (Center for European Economic Research, ZEW Mannheim)
CESifo Economic Survey (CESifo Group Munich)
Survey on Household Income and Wealth (Banca d'Italia)
The CFM surveys (Centre for Macroeconomics, UK and the CEPR)
IGM Forum, Survey of leading economists on vital public policy and economic issues. (Chicago Booth)
Financial Trust Index Survey (Chicago Booth | Kellogg School)
U.S. Health and Retirement Study American Life Panel
Duke CFO Global Business Outlook (Duke University)
National Association for Business Economics (NABE) surveys (NABE, USA)
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Politics (containing economics-related issues or questions too)
Hansard UK Hansard Hong Kong Hansard Australia Hansard New Zealand
US Congressional Record Hansard Canada Hansard Singapore Hansard South Africa
British Polling Council National Council on Public Polls What UK Thinks (National Centre for Social Research)
British Election Study (University of Manchester, Oxford and Nottingham) [Introduction] Elections Etc. Oddschecker
American National Election Studies (1948 - ) Canadian Election Study European Election Studies
the public whip mySociety data European Values Study Parties and Elections in Europe European Elects
Great Britain opinion poll database opinion polls and social sciences surveys Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute
Government, Voting and Polling data WorldPublicOpinion.org
World Value Survey Scottish Social Attitude Survey Asian Barometer Survey (National Taiwan University)
Energy
Short-term Energy Outlook (U.S. Energy Information Administration Outlook)
Primary Commodity Prices Projections (IMF) Dallas Fed Energy Survey
Royal Mail Postcode Address File (Not free)
Links to key (mainly legal) documents on economics, politics etc. To be updated
Bank of England Act (1998 2016 1946 1694)
Treaty of Lisbon Single European Act (1986) Maastricht Treaty (1992) Treaty of Rome (1957)
German constitution (Grundgesetz or Basic Law) (German version) US constitution
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Chinese version)
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (Chinese version)
Conservative party manifestos 1900 -2001 (UK) (2017)
Labour party manifestos 1900 -2001 (UK)
Law on the People's Bank of China (Chinese version)
Selected parliamentary debate records. To be updated
Three-day debates on the first opium war with China (Hansard UK, 07 08 09 April 1840 )
Micellaneous
C-SPAN videos retracing Alexis de Tocqueville's 1831-32 tour of America