Data on US Macro

Data

Info

GDP, Consumption

Linear

ig_d("bea", "T10105", "gdp-conso")

Log

ig_d("bea", "T10105", "gdp-conso-log")

GDP

Real GDP

Annual

ig_d("bea", "T10106", "us-log-real-gdp-nipa-trend")

Quarterly

ig_d("bea", "T10106", "us-log-real-gdp-nipa-Q-2005")

Output gap (% of potential output)

ig_d("fred", "gdp", "output-gap-1965")

Fiscal

Budget surplus (% of GDP)

ig_d("fred", "gdp", "surplus-gdp-1929-2019")

Unemployment rate

All

ig_d("fred", "unr", "UNRATE")

1990-

ig_d("fred", "unr", "UNRATE-1990")

2017-

ig_d("fred", "unr", "UNRATE-17")

Manufacturing Employment

All

ig_d("fred", "industry", "MANEMP-presidents")

1993-

ig_d("fred", "industry", "MANEMP-presidents-1993")

Net Exports

% of GDP

ig_d("bea", "T10105", "net-exports-plain")

Datasets

source dataset Title .html .rData
fred gdp Gross Domestic Product 2025-10-09 2025-10-09
fred unr Unemployment - unr 2025-10-09 2025-10-09
oecd QNA Quarterly National Accounts 2024-06-06 2025-05-24
oecd SNA_TABLE1 Gross domestic product (GDP) 2025-09-29 2025-05-24