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title: "Python for Macroeconomic Data Analysis | BD Economics"
description: "Python tutorials for economics: a getting started guide plus six API tutorials covering IMF, BLS, BEA, Census, and Treasury data. From beginner to advanced."
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        <h1>Python for Economic Data</h1>
        <p class="page-title-deck">Tutorials for working with public economic data APIs &mdash; IMF, BLS, BEA, Census, Treasury &mdash; from setup to advanced workflows.</p>
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			<p>Each tutorial below walks through a real example&mdash;from API request to finished chart&mdash;using pandas, requests, and Jupyter notebooks. They cover six major data sources for macroeconomic research.</p>
			<p>New to Python? The <a href="{{ setup.url }}">{{ setup.short_title }}</a> guide covers installation, essential pandas and numpy operations for economists, and your first API call.</p>
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