Datasets:

FinzData
/

macro-orders-trade

license: other
license_name: public-domain-source-us-government
pretty_name: 'US Macro Data: Orders and Trade'
language:
  - en
tags:
  - finance
  - economics
  - macroeconomics
  - time-series
  - fred
  - orders-trade
  - quant
  - backtesting
size_categories:
  - n<1K
configs:
  - config_name: long
    data_files: data/long.parquet
    default: true
  - config_name: wide_monthly
    data_files: data/wide_monthly.parquet
  - config_name: wide_quarterly
    data_files: data/wide_quarterly.parquet

US macro data: Orders and Trade (50 series)

50 orders and trade series from US government sources, cleaned into one consistent format and ready for pandas. This free package holds the last 12 months (2025-11-01 on) of each series' latest values. It is refreshed weekly.

import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_parquet("hf://datasets/FinzData/macro-orders-trade/data/long.parquet")      # series_id, date, value
wide = pd.read_parquet("hf://datasets/FinzData/macro-orders-trade/data/wide_monthly.parquet")  # one column per series

or datasets.load_dataset("FinzData/macro-orders-trade"). Wide tables by frequency: wide_monthly (33 series), wide_quarterly (17 series). series.csv lists every series with its title, units, frequency and how far back the full history goes.

The full history, point in time, through one API

The FinzData API serves every series back to its first observation, every revision (what was known on any past date, so backtests do not peek at later revisions), and daily updates, in the same format:

import finzdata as fz                     # pip install finzdata
c = fz.Client()                           # free API key: https://api.finzdata.com/
c.macro("BOPGSTB")                        # full history, latest values
c.macro("BOPGSTB", vintage="first")       # as first released
c.macro("BOPGSTB", as_of="2020-03-01")    # exactly what was known on that date
c.macro_series(category="orders_trade")          # the catalogue for this category

Most-watched series in this package

ID	Title	Units	Frequency	Full history from
`BOPGSTB`	Trade Balance: Goods and Services, Balance of Payments Basis	Millions of Dollars	Monthly	1992
`NEWORDER`	Manufacturers' New Orders: Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft	Millions of Dollars	Monthly	1968
`ISRATIO`	Total Business: Inventories to Sales Ratio	Ratio	Monthly, End of Period	1948
`AMTMNO`	Manufacturers' New Orders: Total Manufacturing	Millions of Dollars	Monthly	1992
`BUSINV`	Total Business Inventories	Millions of Dollars	Monthly, End of Period	1980
`NETEXP`	Net Exports of Goods and Services	Billions of Dollars	Quarterly	1946
`BOPGTB`	Trade Balance: Goods, Balance of Payments Basis	Millions of Dollars	Monthly	1992
`EXPGS`	Exports of Goods and Services	Billions of Dollars	Quarterly	1946
`IMPCH`	U.S. Imports of Goods by Customs Basis from China	Millions of Dollars	Monthly	1985
`IMPGS`	Imports of Goods and Services	Billions of Dollars	Quarterly	1946
`AUINSA`	Domestic Auto Inventories	Thousands of Units	Monthly	1993
`EXPGSC1`	Real Exports of Goods and Services	Billions of Chained 2017 Dollars	Quarterly	1947
`IMPGSC1`	Real imports of goods and services	Billions of Chained 2017 Dollars	Quarterly	1947
`IMPTOTUS`	Imports of Goods for United States	Millions of Dollars	Monthly	2008
`WHLSLRIMSA`	Merchant Wholesalers Inventories	Millions of Dollars	Monthly, End of Period	1992
`BOPTEXP`	Exports of Goods and Services, Balance of Payments Basis	Millions of Dollars	Monthly	1992
`EXPCH`	U.S. Exports of Goods by F.A.S. Basis to Mainland China	Millions of Dollars	Monthly	1985
`NETEXC`	Real Net Exports of Goods and Services	Billions of Chained 2017 Dollars	Quarterly	1947
`IMPMX`	U.S. Imports of Goods by Customs Basis from Mexico	Millions of Dollars	Monthly	1985
`BOPTIMP`	Imports of Goods and Services: Balance of Payments Basis	Millions of Dollars	Monthly	1992
`CBI`	Change in Private Inventories	Billions of Dollars	Quarterly	1939
`IMPCA`	U.S. Imports of Goods by Customs Basis from Canada	Millions of Dollars	Monthly	1985
`EXPCA`	U.S. Exports of Goods by F.A.S. Basis to Canada	Millions of Dollars	Monthly	1985
`IEAXGS`	Exports of goods and services	Millions of Dollars	Quarterly	1999
`BOGZ1FL564090005Q`	Exchange-Traded Funds; Total Financial Assets, Level	Millions of U.S. Dollars	Quarterly, End of Period	1945

All 50 series: series.csv. Browse them at https://finzdata.com/macro/category/orders-trade.

US macro data: Orders and Trade (50 series)

The full history, point in time, through one API

Most-watched series in this package

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