How and where can you can find macroeconomic data - Part 1 of the series

Part 1

Some of you messaged me seeking to know where to find all the macro data that is useful in gauging the condition of our economy. One obvious “secondary” source is, of course, Trading Economics website. In this series of posts, however, we’ll be discussing the “primary” data sources for all macroeconomic indicators, including CPI, WPI, growth in 8 core industries, IIP, PMI, trade data, GDP, balance of payments, money supply, and more.

As you may know, an analyst must always confirm secondary data by cross-checking with primary data sources to build his thesis. Secondary data is useful to save time, but often times these secondary data sources have discrepancies, which may result in erroneous outputs and conclusions.

If you are a macroeconomics geek, this post will be especially helpful — make sure you save it.

Let’s begin: