<p>I assume that you are looking for macro financial data across countries. So, you can check out:</p>

<ul>
<li>World Bank Open Data with a specific query on <a href="http://data.worldbank.org/topic/financial-sector" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Financial Sector</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imf.org/en/Data" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IMF Financial Statistics</a> or <a href="http://www.imf.org/data/imf-finances" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IMF Finances</a>. Last time I used is a free registration was required .</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/agricultural-exchange-rate-data-set.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Agricultural Exchange Rate Data Set</a>. This data set contains annual and monthly data for exchange rates (important to U.S. agriculture). It includes both nominal and real exchange rates for 79 countries, plus the European Union (EU), as well as real trade-weighted exchange rate indexes for many commodities and aggregations. All series are updated quarterly. Data series start at the beginning of 1970 and run to the last available data point.</li>
</ul>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-11-20T10:39:21.520Z
2016-11-20T10:39:21.520Z
emeryville
<p>Check out Quantopian:
<a href="https://www.quantopian.com/data/quantopian/us_equity_pricing" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.quantopian.com/data/quantopian/us_equity_pricing</a></p>

<p>Not sure if it has all the information that you need (e.g exchange rates), but has sufficient trading information.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-11-20T05:10:41.013Z
This looks interesting. Only too bad that its data only start at 2002, and only US equities.
user56834
CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-11-18T16:14:02.580Z
2016-11-18T16:14:02.580Z
jonplaca
<p>Here are  three for you:</p>

<ul>
<li><p><a href="http://www.tradingeconomics.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">tradingeconomics.com</a> - Look at the "Indicators" tab. - Correction it seems that viewing the graphs if free but you have to pay if you want to download the raw data :-(</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/home" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Eurostat</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.econ.yale.edu/~shiller/data.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Robert Shiller</a> - Some super long timescale data on the stock market and housing in the US, e.g. house prices since 1890!</p></li>
</ul>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2016-11-20T11:14:16.130Z
2016-11-24T23:28:57.503Z
2016-11-24T23:28:57.503Z
Mick
<p>I am looking for a free source of large amounts of long term financial data on stocks, exchange rates, government bond rates, etc. </p>

<p>I know there is Thomson Reuters, but this requires a costly subscription.</p>

<p>The data doesn't have to be super up-to-date.</p>

<data-request><financial-markets>
Free source of large amounts of financial data
user56834
# Free source of large amounts of financial data

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-11-18)

I am looking for a free source of large amounts of long term financial data on stocks, exchange rates, government bond rates, etc.

I know there is Thomson Reuters, but this requires a costly subscription.

The data doesn't have to be super up-to-date.

**Tags:** data-request, financial-markets


---

## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-11-20. Score: 3

I assume that you are looking for macro financial data across countries. So, you can check out:

* World Bank Open Data with a specific query on [Financial Sector](http://data.worldbank.org/topic/financial-sector)
* [IMF Financial Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/Data) or [IMF Finances](http://www.imf.org/data/imf-finances). Last time I used is a free registration was required .
* [Agricultural Exchange Rate Data Set](http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/agricultural-exchange-rate-data-set.aspx). This data set contains annual and monthly data for exchange rates (important to U.S. agriculture). It includes both nominal and real exchange rates for 79 countries, plus the European Union (EU), as well as real trade-weighted exchange rate indexes for many commodities and aggregations. All series are updated quarterly. Data series start at the beginning of 1970 and run to the last available data point.


---

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-11-18. Score: 2

Check out Quantopian:
<https://www.quantopian.com/data/quantopian/us_equity_pricing>

Not sure if it has all the information that you need (e.g exchange rates), but has sufficient trading information.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: This looks interesting. Only too bad that its data only start at 2002, and only US equities.  

---

### Answer by username_3 on 2016-11-20. Score: 1

Here are three for you:

* [tradingeconomics.com](http://www.tradingeconomics.com) - Look at the "Indicators" tab. - Correction it seems that viewing the graphs if free but you have to pay if you want to download the raw data :-(
* [Eurostat](http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/home)
* [Robert Shiller](http://www.econ.yale.edu/~shiller/data.htm) - Some super long timescale data on the stock market and housing in the US, e.g. house prices since 1890!


---

