University of Rhode Island Libraries
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 Beige Book
- Report by the
Federal Reserve Board. Summarizes current economic conditions by Federal Reserve district.
Eight times per year.
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Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Official
government source for statistics on GDP, balance of payments, imports and exports, U.S.
investment abroad, foreign investment in the U.S., personal income, etc. Data available at
the national, state, and local area levels. Also provides online access to the Survey
of Current Business.
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- Produced by the
Bureau of Economic Analysis, provides local area economic data for
states, counties, and metropolitan areas.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Official
government source for statistics on employment and unemployment, prices and living
conditions, compensation and working conditions, productivity and technology, employment
projections, and international labor.
- Official
government source for a broad range of social, demographic, business, and economic
statistics.
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Consumer Expenditure Survey
- Summary
statistics from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, which is conducted by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Reports broad categories of consumer expenditures by age, income, and
Metropolitan Statistical Area. Data available from the mid-1980s to the present.
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CorpTech Database of 50,000 High-Tech Companies
- Search for
public and private companies in high-tech fields. Company capsules provide address,
phone, web site, ownership, sales estimate, brief description of business, list of
competitors, and company rankings. Allows searching by company name, ticker symbol,
personal name, and products & services.
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County Business Patterns
- Released every year, County Business Patterns provides the
number of employees, annual payroll, total number of establishments, and the number of
establishments by employment class size for every industry. Data are also available by
industry or by state, county, Metropolitan Statistical Area, and zip code.
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Country
Commercial Guides
- Comprehensive
look at countries’ commercial environments, using economic, political, and market
analysis. Prepared by U.S. embassies and published by the U.S. State Department.
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Country Reports on Economic and Trade
Practices
- Analysis of
countries’ trade practices, including economic indicators; exchange rate, structural,
and debt management policies; export policies; workers’ rights; and statistics on
U.S. investment in each country. Prepared by the U.S. State Department.
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Dow Jones Historical Averages
- Provides, the
high, low, and close for the Dow Jones Averages for any day from May 26, 1896 to the
present. Also provides lists of component companies for each index.
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Economic Census
- Conducted every 5 years (in years ending with 2 and 7), the
Economic Census provides data on number of establishments, sales, annual payroll, and
number of paid employees by industry. Data are available by industry or by state, county,
metropolitan area, and zip code.
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Economic Report of the President
- Provides
integrated access to all current federal economic indicators. Includes links to the source
agency of each indicator.
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Federal Reserve Board Statistical Releases
- Provides current
and historical statistics for interest rates, exchange rates, daily reserves, money
supply, etc. If you can’t find what you want here, be sure to check FRED (see below) and the home pages of the regional Federal Reserve Banks.
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Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
- Provides
historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary
and business indicators, exchange rates, balance of payments, etc.
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New England Economic Indicators
- Supplied by the
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, offers current economic indicators and time series data
back to 1969 for each New England state.
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Detailed
descriptions of over 200 occupations. Contains information on the nature of the job,
qualification and training needed, earnings, and hiring trends.
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Standard Industrial Classification Search
- Search the 1987
version of the SIC manual by keyword, access descriptive information for specific 4-digit
SICs, and examine the SIC structure.
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Thomas
Global Register
- The Thomas Global
Register is a directory of 700,000 manufacturers and distributors
from 28 countries, classified by 11,000 products and services categories.
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