--- 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 ยท 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 Source: U.S. government agencies via FRED/ALFRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). Compiled by FinzData. Data for research, not investment advice.