The DRI Data at Miami

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The DRI/McGraw Hill Dataset

The DRI Database contains about 6000 monthly, quarterly, and annual economic time series that date back to 1946 (for some variables) or the original data start date through 1999Q1. Data in this database consists of national-level information and is taken from various Federal agencies such as the Federal Reserve System, BEA, Census, and Labor Statistics.
The data is usable through EViews.  This Web page gives the variable names which EViews uses to create datafiles that are usabe in EViews, Excel, Word, etc.

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EViews and the DRI Data  How to use EViews to Read the DRI Data
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Bureau of the Census - US Department of Commerce
1. Current Business Reports
  • Manufacturing and Trade:  Inventories and Sales
  • Retail Sales
  • Retail Inventories
  • Wholesale Trade
2. Current Construction Reports
  • Housing Starts and Building Permits
  • Housing Units completed
  • New One Family Houses Sold and For-Sale
  • Value of New Construction put in place
3. Current Housing Reports
  • Housing Vacancies
4. Current Industry Reports
  • Value of Manufactures. Shipments for Insdurty Groups.
  • Value of Manufactures' New Orders for Industry Groups
  • Value of Manufactures' Unfilled Orders for Industry Groups
  • Value of Manufactures' Inventories by Industry Group
  • Value of Manufactures' Inventory by Stage of Production
  • Value of manufactures' Shipments by Topical Series
  • Value of Manufactures' Unfilled Orders for Topical Series
  • Ratio of Manufactures' Inventories to Shipments and Unfilled Orders to Shipments
5. Current Population Reports
  • Population Estimates by Age, Sex, and Race
  • Population Projections by Age
6. Foreign Trade Reports
  • US International Trade in Goods and Services - BOP Basis
  • US International Trade in Goods and Services - 3 Month Moving Average
  • US Services by Major Category - Exports
  • US Services by Major category - Imports
  • US Trade in Goods
  • Exports and Imports by Goods of Principle End-Use Category
  • Exports, Imports and BOP, Petroleum and Non-Petroleum End-Use Category Totals- Census Basis
  • Exports and Imports of Goods by Selected Countries
  • Exports and Imports and Balance of Advance Technology Products
  • Exports of Energy Related Petroleum Products, Including Crude Petroleum
  • Exports and Imports of Goods by STTC Commodity Sections - Census Basis
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Bureau of Economic Analysis  -  US Department of Commerce
1. National Product and Income
  • Gross Domestic Product
  • Real Gross Domestic Product
  • National Income by type of Income
2. Personal Income and Outlays
  • Personal Income and Its Disposition
  • Personal Consumption expenditures by Type of Product
  • Monthly Personal Income
  • Monthly Personal Consumption Expendtures
3. Government Receipts and Expenditures
  • Federal Government Receipts and Current Expenditures
  • State and Local Reciepts and Expenditures
  • Goverenment Consumption and Investemtn expenditures
4. Foreign Transactions
  • Exports and Imports of Goods and Services and Receipts and payments of Factor Income
5. Saving and Investment
  • Gross Savings and Investment
  • Fixed Ivestment by type
  • Change in Inventories by Industry
  • Inventories and Domestic Final Sales by Industry
6. Income, Employment and Product by Industry
  • National Income without Capital accumulation
  • Compensation to Employees by Industry
  • Full and Part-time employees by Industry
  • Coprorate Profits by Industry
7. Quantity and Price Indexes
  • Quantity and PRice Indexes for Gross Domestic Product
  • Quantity and Price Index for GDP, and Final Sales and Purchases
  • Chain type Quantity and price indexes for Government Consumption Expenditures
8. Supplemental Tables
  • Auto Output
  • Truck Output
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Bureau of Labor Statistics - US Department of Labor
1. Employment Situations - Household Data
  • Annual Employment Status of the Civilian Population by Sex and Age
  • Employment status of Civilian Population by Sex and Age
  • Employment Status of the Civilian Population by race, Sex, Age, and Hispanic Origin
  • Selected Employment Indicators
  • Selected Unemployment Indicators
  • Duration of Unemployment
  • Reason for Unemployment
  • Unemployment rates by Sex and Age.
2. Employment Situations - Establishment Data
  • Employees on Non-Farm payrolls by Industry
  • Average Weekly Hours of PROD or Non-Sup Workers on Private Non-Farm Payrolls by Industry
  • Average Hourly and Weekly earnings of PROD or Non-Sup Workers on Private Non-Farm Payrolls by Industry
  • Indexes of Aggregate Weekly Hours of PROD or Non-Sup Workers on Private Non-Farm Payrolls by Industry
  • Diffusion Indices of Employment change
3. Employment and Earnings
  • Employed Persons by age and Sex
  • Unemployed Persons by Occupation
  • PROD or Non-Sup Workers on Private Non-Farm Payrolls by Major Industry or Manufacturing Group
  • Employees of Non-Farm Payrolls by Industry
4. Real Earnings
  • Real Earnings
5. Employment Cost Index
6. Consumer Price Index
7. Producer Price Index
8. Monthly Import and Export Price Index
  • Monthly Import and Export Index
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Federal Reserve System
1. Federal Reserve Statistical Releases
2 Misc. Fed Data
  • Mortgage Market and Debt. Data
  • FRB- New York Commercial Paper Data
  • FRB- St. Louis - Monetary base Data
  • Eurodollar Deposit Rates.
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Miscellaneous Sources
  • Group 1
    • American Paper and Forest Institute
    • Bank of America
    • Commodity Research Bureau
    • Dow Jones and Company
    • Federal Housing Finaince Board
    • IMF - Exchange Rates
    • Moody's Investor Service - Moody's Bond Yields
    • National Banker's Association
    • Motor Vehicles Manufactures Association
    • National Association of Purshcase mangaers
    • New York Stock Exchange
    • Reuters - Gold Prices
    • Standard and Poors
  • Group 2
    • Conference Board
  • Group 3
    • US Department of Agriculture
    • US Treasury Department - Budget and Debt data