Research Guides: Economics & Business Department: Business Statistics: Web Resources

Government

FRED Economic Research: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Download, graph, and track 291,000 US and international time series from 80 sources.

U.S. Government Web Portal
Search engine designed to locate government agencies or to find where specific services can be obtained.
FedStats
Access to the full range of statistics and information produced by more than 70 agencies of the federal government.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. - Historical 1878-2012 [Census]
Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political and economic organization of the United States.
Economic News Releases
A list of current and upcoming announcements of various economic indicators from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires public companies to upload required reports such as 10K (annual reports) or 10Q (quarterly reports) directly to its EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval) database, which is accessible to the public.
Ballotpedia
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Coverage of candidates, incumbents, and other, appointed political figures includes executives, legislators, and judges from the federal, state, and local levels of government. Coverage includes the three levels of government--all elected federal and state officials. At the local level, there are articles about politicians from the 100 largest cities in the country and from the school boards of the 1,000 largest school districts. Coverage also includes state ballot measures, as well as some local ballot measures.
DataPortals.org
DataPortals.org is a comprehensive list of global open data portals. It is curated by a group of leading open data experts from around the world - including representatives from local, regional and national governments, international organisations such as the World Bank, and numerous NGOs.

Non-government

Yahoo Finance
Good place to start a company search as it will provide an overall profile of the company, financial information, stock pricing, etc.
Bloomberg
Click on the Market Data tab which allows access to stock pricing, bond information, indices, currencies and much more.
Google Finance
barchart.com
Financial Glossary
Access this to identify business or financial terms from over 8,000 entries.
Investopedia
Allows one to retrieve definitions of many business, economic or market terms.
ThomasNet
ThomasNet, powered by Thomas Register® and Thomas Regional®, is an industrial search engine that provides one source for finding the exact product, service, or supplier –quickly and efficiently. ThomasNet provides direct access to the detailed information needed to make a purchasing or specifying decision, including line-item product details, CAD drawings, and more.
Bronx Business for Everybody
This web site can be a starting point for your discovery of the Bronx. So that you can further explore a variety of topics on the Bronx, this site also recommends interesting books and web site links.