Business and Economics
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- Don't know where to start? Try:
- Business.gov
- Economic Indicators.gov
Basic Sources
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- Budget of the United States Government
- EDGAR-- SEC Filings and Forms
- Database of public company information filed with the Securities Exchange Commission.
- STAT-USA UM Only
- Access to business, trade, and economic information from the Federal Government. Includes the National Trade Data Bank.
- Access available at visit the Information & Research Services desk, 1st floor, McKeldin Library.
Agencies
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- Department of Commerce
- Department of the Treasury
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Congressional Budget Office
- Export/Import Bank of the United States
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
- Federal Reserve Board
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
- Government Accountability Office
- National Center for Environmental Economics
- National Women's Business Council
- Office of Management and Budget
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Small Business Administration
Data and Statistics
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- Consumer Expenditure Survey
- Information on the buying habits, expenditures, income, and characteristics of American Consumers.
- Consumer Price Indexes
- A measure of the average change over time in prices paid by urban consumers for consumer goods and services.
- Economic Census
- Profile of American business conducted every 5 years, from the national to the local level. Data from 2002 to the present available online.
- Economic Indicators
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
- Database of U.S. economic time series.
- Federal Reserve Board: Economic Research and Data
- Poverty Guidelines, Research, & Measurement
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Poverty Guidelines, Research, & Measurement website.
- Poverty Information from the Census
- Trade State Express
- Provides access to National Trade Data and State Export Data. Displays the latest annual U.S. merchandise trade statistics in maps, graphs, and tables, as exports, imports, and trade balances, and can be custom-tailored to your year and dollar ranges and display preferences.
- USAspending.gov
- Required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Transparency Act), this searchable website provides citizens with easy access to government contract, grant and other award data.
- USA Trade Online UM Only
- U.S. export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities world wide. Access available at the Information and Research Services Desk, 1st floor, McKeldin Library.
Publications
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- The Beige Book
- Commentary on the current economic conditions from the Federal Reserve Board. Available online from 1970 to the present.
- Federal Reserve Bulletin
- Published on a continuing basis and includes topical research articles, legal developments, Report on the Condition of the U.S. Banking Industry, and other general information.
- House Committee on Ways & Means Committee Prints, 104th - 110th Congresses
- GPO Access database of Committee Prints from the House Ways and Means Committee. Includes the Green Book, also knows as Overview of Entitlement Programs.
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