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There is such a thing as a FreeLunch |
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Written by Will Murray
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Friday, 21 July 2006 |
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According to their website: Freelunch.com is a free service provided by Moody's Economy.com, a leading independent provider of economic, financial, country, and industry research that helps businesses, governments, and professional investors worldwide meet their diverse planning and information needs. Our databases contain more than 165 million economic, financial, and demographic time series covering more than 180 countries and their sub-regions. Accuracy and timeliness are two of the hallmarks of Moody's Economy.com economic databases. Our dedicated Data Services staff regularly runs data accuracy routines to verify the integrity of our databases. Additionally, with offices in London, Sydney, and the U.S. our staff is able to update our global databases in real-time ensuring up-to-the-minute data. It should be noted that the site offers premium data for an additional charge. Also, according to the help page "You cannot change the data specifications [including the default time range] on Freelunch.com. However, you can change the elements of how data gets displayed in Moody's Economy.com Research Store." The site does not explicitly state that the data you obtain at no cost is completely unencumbered, but it also doesn't state (at least not that I found) that there are encumbrances. |
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A Guide to Free Economics and Business Data on the Web |
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Written by Will Murray
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Friday, 21 July 2006 |
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Biz/ed is a website for students and educators in business studies, economics, accounting, leisure, sport & recreation, and travel & tourism. Biz/ed offers a guide to free economics and business data on the Web. At the time this article was posted, the guide included: National statistics from the United Kingdom including data from Economic Trends (Monthly and Annual Supplement), the Blue Book, the Pink Book, Financial Statistics, etc.; Bank of England Monetary and Financial Statistics; HM Treasury; European Central Bank Statistics; European Economy; OECD Statistics Portal (including OECD Economic Outlook); World Bank data sets; IMF data sets; CIA World Factbook; Economist Country Briefings; New Zealand's OFFSTATS; Economagic; Federal Reserve Economic Data; Resources for Economists (RFE) Data Links; and the Davidson Data Center and Network (DDCN). |
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National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) [US] |
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Written by Will Murray
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Friday, 21 July 2006 |
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The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is a National Science Foundation federally funded research and development center that is dedicated to exploring and understanding the atmosphere and its interactions with the Sun, the oceans, the biosphere, and human society. NCAR provides a comprehensive list of all datasets from which you can access and download the complete data, free of charge. Kudos to NCAR for making this data available for free. They will even convert the data to different formats for you for a nominal fee. |
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