| --- |
| 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** (2025-11-02 on) of each series' latest values. It is refreshed weekly. |
|
|
| ```python |
| 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: |
|
|
| ```python |
| 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. |
|
|
| ## More from FinzData |
| - Every macro category: https://huggingface.co/FinzData · index on GitHub: https://github.com/FinzData/macro-data |
| - Survivorship-free US stock prices since 2000, COT positioning, 13F holdings, insider trades, short interest |
| - Pricing (history bundles from $195 once): https://finzdata.com/pricing |
| - Python client (open source): https://github.com/FinzData/finzdata-python |
|
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| Source: U.S. government agencies via FRED/ALFRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). Compiled by FinzData. |
| Data for research, not investment advice. |
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