Economic data

Economic data are data describing an actual economy, past or present. These are typically found in time-series form, that is, covering more than one time period (say the monthly unemployment rate for the last five years) or in cross-sectional data in one time period (say for consumption and income levels for sample households). Data may also be collected from surveys of for example individuals and firms or aggregated to sectors and industries of a single economy or for the international economy.

Extends: [Economic data](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Economic data), [Time series](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Time series), [Cross-sectional analysis](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Cross-sectional analysis), [Mathematical and quantitative methods (economics)](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Mathematical and quantitative methods (economics))