The OECD Business Sector Database provides an overview of the economic development of OECD Member countries since 1960. The data is measured quarterly and contains 3,926 observations on 54 variables. Some examples of the types of data contained herein include: government expenditure, private consumption, employment, wages, hours worked, exchange rates, interest rates, investment, the capital stock, imports and exports, various deflators, taxes, subsidies.

The data is available in the following formats:

Stata

http://capricorn.bc.edu/data1/vdc/private/d3/bsdb.dta.gz (in gzipped form) 0.9 Mb

SAS transport

http://capricorn.bc.edu/data1/vdc/private/d3/bsdb.tpt.gz (in gzipped form) 1.0 Mb

SPSS portable

http://capricorn.bc.edu/data1/vdc/private/d3/bsdb.por.gz (in gzipped form) 1.1 Mb

The OECD Economic Outlook Database includes the full set of historical statistics and projections underlying the OECD Economic Outlook publication. It provides macroeconomic time series for OECD countries, beginning as early as 1960 and extending to the end of the published forecast horizon. It covers: expenditure and GDP; deflators and prices; government accounts; household and business sector accounts; labor market conditions; financial data; external sector (including Trade, Balance of Payments and Competitiveness Indicators); supply data; oil and commodities. The database includes 2,360 observations on 145 variables.

Documentation

The data is available in the following formats:

Stata

http://capricorn.bc.edu/data1/vdc/private/d3/ecoutlook99.dta.gz (in gzipped form) 514 Kb

SAS transport

http://capricorn.bc.edu/data1/vdc/private/d3/ecoutlook99.tpt.gz (in gzipped form) 639 Kb

SPSS portable

http://capricorn.bc.edu/data1/vdc/private/d3/ecoutlook99.por.gz (in gzipped form) 776 Kb