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Economics & policy
Model economies, evaluate policy, and forecast outcomes. Specialist tools include Sancera, EViews, Prophet and Nixtla TimeGPT.
Common tasks
Roles in this sector
EconomistEconometricianPolicy researcherEconomics research assistantMacroeconomistDevelopment economistLabour economistHealth economistEnvironmental economistBehavioural economistEconomic forecasterCentral bank analystCompetition economistLegislative analystSenior economistChief economistDirector of policy
Plus 32 general business roles such as project manager. Mapped to ISIC Revision 4 section M. Classification source ↗
Specialist tools
| Tool | What it does | Pricing | Type | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SanceraNot verified | Official statistics, registers and market data for Sweden, the Nordics and the EU, with sources. | Pricing not verified | MCP | Site checked |
| EViewsS&P Global | Econometric and time-series software for forecasting and modelling. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| ProphetMeta | Open-source forecasting procedure for time series with strong seasonal effects. | Open source | Tool | Site checked |
| Nixtla TimeGPTNixtla | Foundation model and open-source libraries for time-series forecasting. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| StataStataCorp | Statistical package widely used in economics, epidemiology and social science. | Pricing not verified | Tool | Site checked |
| Posit (RStudio)Posit | Open-source data science tools for R and Python, including RStudio and Positron. | Open source | Tool | Site checked |
| FREDFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | Free database of economic time series with charting and an API. | Pricing not verified | Tool + MCP | Unconfirmed listing |
| EU Trade ExplorerNot verified | EU customs-trade & industrial-production statistics (Eurostat Comext/PRODCOM) | Pricing not verified | Tool + MCP | Site checked |
| DynareDynare team | Open-source platform for dynamic stochastic general equilibrium and related models. | Open source | Tool | Site checked |
| PyMCPyMC Labs and community | Open-source Python library for probabilistic programming and Bayesian inference. | Open source | Tool | Site checked |
| StanStan Development Team | Open-source platform for Bayesian statistical modelling and inference. | Open source | Tool | Site checked |
| American Default ResearchNot verified | Read-only U.S. household-finance research: economic indicators, county scores, ADI and citations. | Pricing not verified | MCP | Site checked |
| MacroDataAPINot verified | Macro data for agents: CPI, payrolls, GDP, policy rates, yields, release calendar, vintages. | Pricing not verified | MCP | Site checked |
| PalanorNot verified | Read the Palanor lattice: 50,000+ economic signals, Custom Indices, Currents and the Wire. | Pricing not verified | Tool + MCP | Site checked |
| ShockAtlasNot verified | Economic exposure to climate and geopolitical shocks: signals, data series, reviewed dossiers. | Pricing not verified | MCP | Site checked |
| SkyreadNot verified | Licensed, analysis-ready US public data for AI: industries, economy and local markets. | Pricing not verified | MCP | Site checked |
General tools that also apply
| Tool | What it does | Pricing | Type | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PerplexityPerplexity | An AI answer engine that researches web sources, provides cited responses, and supports deeper research and file analysis. | Free + paid | Tool + MCP | Source reviewed |
| ClaudeAnthropic | A conversational assistant for documents, research, analysis, and software work. | Free + paid | Tool | Source reviewed |
| ChatGPTOpenAI | An assistant for writing, research, files, images, data exploration, and coding. | Free + paid | Tool | Source reviewed |
| JuliusJulius AI | Chat with spreadsheets and data files to clean, analyse and chart results. | Free + paid | Tool + MCP | Site checked |
| ConsensusConsensus | Searches research papers and synthesizes findings with citations, study details, and summaries of agreement across evidence. | Free + paid | Tool + MCP | Source reviewed |
| ElicitElicit | Searches academic literature, creates cited research reports, and supports paper screening and structured evidence extraction. | Free + paid | Tool | Source reviewed |
| Microsoft Power BI with CopilotMicrosoft | Business intelligence reports and dashboards with Copilot assistance for exploring data, writing summaries, and generating reports. | Usage based | Tool | Source reviewed |
| Eightfold AIEightfold AI | AI talent platform supporting candidate discovery, interviews, talent development, and workforce planning, with recruiters retaining hiring decisions. | Contact sales | Tool + MCP | Source reviewed |
| Airtable AIAirtable | Build and work with databases, applications, reports, and automations using Airtable’s AI assistant. | Free + paid | Tool + MCP | Source reviewed |
| ClayClay | Combines data enrichment, AI research agents, buying signals, and workflow automation for prospecting and revenue operations. | Free + paid | Tool | Source reviewed |
| Gemini NotebookGoogle | Formerly NotebookLM: explore source materials and turn them into summaries, study aids, and audio overviews. | Free + paid | Tool | Source reviewed |
| QuickBooks Intuit IntelligenceIntuit | Use business-data-aware chat and accounting automation inside QuickBooks to organize transactions and explore financial questions. | Paid | Tool | Source reviewed |
No paid ranking. Reviewed 2026-11-04. Tool fit is an editorial suggestion based on published capabilities. See sources & methodology →