BUSINESS & FINANCE - Economics
Looking for the latest Economic information? To search in one of our electronic resources, click on one of the following database titles:
- Business Source Premier - Contains full text from the world's top business journals and is particularly strong in both management and marketing.
- Company Histories, International - Provides histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location.
- Corporate ResourceNet - Provides access to news and articles on topics in business, banking, law, finance, management, advertising, human resources and more.
- Regional Business News - Provides comprehensive full text for regional U.S. business publications covering business, politics, and economics.
- ReferenceUSA - A research and reference tool for locating individuals and businesses.
One of the following websites may have the Economic Indicators and Information you are looking for:
GOVERNMENT WEBSITES
- Bureau of Economic Analysis - Produces economic accounts statistics that enable government and business decision-makers, researchers, and the American public to follow and understand the performance of the Nation's economy.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics - Economic data on employment and unemployment, consumer and producer price indexes, living conditions, wages, productivity, and more.
- Consumer Price Indexes (BLS) - Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled price indexes for major groups of consumer expenditures.
- Indiana Economic Development Corporation - The State of Indiana's leading economic development agency.
- Producer Price Indexes - Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
- Quarterly Reports for Living Costs Abroad - Quarterly report indexes of living costs abroad, quarters allowances, hardship differentials, and danger pay allowances.
- Social Security Cost of Living - Social Security's Cost of Living Allowance details.
- Trade Info (International Trade Administration) - Comprehensive guide of export counseling and financing programs, trade promotion events, sources of industry – and country – specific information and assistance, and information on export controls and licenses.
ORGANIZATIONAL WEBSITES
- Conference Board - Creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society.
- Labor Force Estimates - Provides access to thousands of labor data items related to geographic areas in Indiana and across the nation.
CALCULATOR WEBSITES
- Inflation Calculator - Adjusts any given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 2007.
- Interest Rates (Current) - Information and calculators in six areas – Mortgages, Home Equity, Auto Loans, Bad Credit, CDs/Savings and Credit Cards.
- money-rates.com - To find best rates on certificates of deposit, money market accounts, savings accounts, checking accounts, plus current bank deals.
GENERAL WEBSITES
- Bank Rate Monitor - Provides financial rate information, news and the tools via a suite of products and services that can help consumers make better informed financial decisions.
- Economic Report of the President - The annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors published by the GPO from 1995 to the present.
