Re: Data on Productivity growth rate

From: Arthur G. Woolf (awoolf@zoo.uvm.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 31 2002 - 10:38:38 CST

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    You can also try the free data part of www.dismal.com The freelunch.com
    part of their website is still free.

    art woolf

    On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Joanne Doyle wrote:

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    > You might be better off with the FRED database at the St. Louis Fed -
    > economagic appears to be charging these days for their data.
    > http://www.stls.frb.org/fred/
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    > I have gone to economagic several times for data - only to find the exact
    > same data at FRED - for free. (I realize that some of the data at
    > economagic is free but not all, and not in a simple ascii text format).
    >
    > --On Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:54 PM -0500 "Dr. Steven C. Myers"
    > <myers@uakron.edu> wrote:
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    > > At 04:27 PM 1/30/2002 -0500, Harjit Arora wrote:
    > >> Hello Everyone:
    > >>
    > >> I am looking for monthly or quarterly historical data series on
    > >> Productivity Growth rate in the U.S. since 1960. Could someone please
    > >> guide me as where to look? Thank you.
    > >> Regards,
    > >> Harjit K. Arora
    > >> Professor of Economics
    > >> Le Moyne College
    > >> Syracuse, NY 13214
    > >> arora@lemoyne.edu
    > >
    > > While I always hate those who respond without checking out their facts
    > > first, let me hasten to join their ranks in order to respond at all....
    > > I would check www.economagic.com which is an incredibly rich source of
    > > time-series data of all sorts and may have series that will meet your
    > > needs. Steve
    > >
    > > Dr. Steven C. Myers
    > > Former Chief Information Officer
    > > Assoc. Prof. of Economics
    > > The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-1908
    > > myers@uakron.edu
    > > (330) 972-7421 voice // (240) 371-0575 eFax
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    > doylejm@jmu.edu
    > Joanne M. Doyle
    > Economics Program
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    > James Madison University
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