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Business / Economics Statistics

General

• County and City Data Book
• Economic Report of the President: Main Page
• Historical statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present
  REF KNIGHT HA202 .H57 2006
• Histroical Statistics of the United States Colonial Times to 1970
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  DOCS REF HA202 [Current year on Business Table]
• Survey of Current Business
  DOCS REF HC101 .A13
  Full text can be accessed via Business Source Complete and EconLit.

Company Rankings

• Business Rankings Annual
  DOCS REF HG4050 .B88 [On Business Table]
• D & B Business Rankings
  DOCS REF HG4057 .A237 [On Business Table]

Business Ratios, Market Shares

• Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios
  DOCS REF HF5681 .R25 T68 [On Business Table]
• Annual Statement Studies
  DOCS REF HF5681 .B2 R6 [On Business Table]
• Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
  DOCS REFHF5681 .R25 I551 [On Business Table]
• Market Share Reporter
  DOCS REF HF5415.2 M37 [On Business Table]

Databases

• Ad$pender (Requires Internet Explorer)
  Ad$pender provides advertising expenditure data for millions of product brands across television, radio, magazine, newspaper, internet and outdoor channels. Data can be retrieved by brand, product class/category, company name, brand and more.
  Click here to get Username/Password.
  For help in using this database, please see How to Search Ad$pender.
• SourceOECD
• Sports Business Research Network (SBRnet)
  Contains news and market research on the sporting goods industry. Includes attendance statistics, sales figures, and sport participation rates.
• Tablebase
  Provides statistics on market share, market size, capacity, production, imports, exports, sales, and demographics.

Statistics on the Web

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
  An agency of the Department of Commerce. An excellent source of macroeconomic data.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Provides access to economic and employment statistics at national and regional levels..
• Consumer Price Index
  Inflation at the consumer level, compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• County Business Patterns
  County Business Patterns, an annual series, provides subnational economic data by industry.
• Economic Census
  The Economic Census profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level.
• Economic Census Subject Series All Reports
  Industry analysis listed by manufactured products.
• Economic Indicators
  Economic indicators for construction spending, durable goods, manufacturers shipments, inventories, orders, monthly retail/whole sales, new home sales, and more.
• Economic Statistics Briefing Room
  Federal economic statistics reported by Federal agencies.
• EDGAR: SEC Filings & Forms
  Searchable database of corporate filings, definitions, documentation, etc. from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission..
• EDGAROnline
  Search over 15 million SEC EDGAR documents by Ticker, Company Name, Form Type or Keyword.
• Global Business Cycle Indicators
  Access to the most recent economic indicators from the Conference Board
• IPL: Business & Economics - Statistics
  Numerical measurement of economic indicators, business trends, trade outcomes, etc. From the IPL: Internet Public Library Web site
• Producer Price Indexes -- From Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Social Statistics Briefing Room
  Federal social statistics reported by Federal agencies.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  Published by the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Statistical Resources on the Web
  Collection of statistical websites from the University of Michigan.
• Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web
  Links to U.S. Federal and International Statistical Agencies.
• Statistics: Releases and Historical Data
  Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually released data from the Federal Reserve Board..
• Survey of Current Business
  Monthly journal of the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
• U.S. Census Bureau
  Statistical data and information from the different censuses conducted by the U.S. Census Bureaus.
• U.S Statistics
  From the Information Please Almanac.
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  Current news, regulations, information from the SEC, including access to the official EDGAR site.
• What is a Dollar Worth?
  Calculator using Consumer Price Index to determine relative cost of goods for years 1913 to the present.
• ZIP Code Statistics
  From the U.S. Census Bureau.

For more information please see Statistics on Government Information page.

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