Industry Information

• Beige Book - each Federal Reserve Bank issues this 8 times a year
• Foreclosure Resource Center - from the Atlanta Fed
• Georgia Business and Economic Conditions - from UGA's Selig Center for Economic Growth (1999-2009 online). Issues for 1981-1999 at: HC107 .G4 A13 (3rd floor west) - some gaps.
• Georgia Economic Outlook - also from the Selig Center, issued annually 
• Georgia Statistical Abstract - Library also has: 1951, 1954, 1965, 1968, and 1970-2007, offsite, Library Service Center -  HA321.G4

   

  Recovery.gov - archived at Univ. of North Texas; was a U.S. gov't. website for tracking spending of funds related to the "Recovery Act" (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
  Household Debt and Credit Report - from the New York Fed

   

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   Periodical articles contain useful information. Try these:

• ABI/Inform Global   (for news and periodical articles)
  •    Wall Street Journal is full-text
• Business Source Complete (for periodical articles)
• EconLit  (for scholarly articles, and book chapters)
• NBER Working Papers - from the National Bureau of Economic Research
• Business Abstracts with Full Text (Wilson/EBSCO) (core business periodical articles)

• • Bureau of Economic Analysis - GDP (national, state, metro areas) plus other data
    •  U.S. Economy at a Glance
  • Economic Indicators - 7 key topics, including total output; prices; money, credit (includes interest rates). Issued monthly; reported to Congress
  • Economic Report of the President
  • Foreclosure Resource Center - from the Atlanta Fed
  • Data-Planet Statistical DataSets - 
  • Statistical Abstract of the U.S. - library subscription; for 1878-2012, free on Census website
  • Survey of Current Business - issued monthly; from the BEA. Has many charts & tables
  • Household Debt and Credit Report - from the New York Fed
  • Recovery.gov - archived at Univ. of North Texas; was a U.S. gov't. website for tracking spending of funds related to the "Recovery Act" (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009)

   

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   Periodical articles contain useful information. Try these:

• ABI/Inform Global   (for news and periodical articles)
  •    Wall Street Journal is full-text
• Business Source Complete (for periodical articles)
• EconLit  (for scholarly articles, and book chapters)
• NBER Working Papers - from the National Bureau of Economic Research
• Business Abstracts with Full Text (Wilson/EBSCO) (core business periodical articles)

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  • globalEDGE - from CIBER at Michigan State Univ. - "country insights" has statistics from 201 countries
    • See also its Resource Desk, and "DIBS" - Database of International Business Statistics (latter requires login, but is free)
  • IMF (International Monetary Fund) Data and Statistics - selected statistics available for free
  • International Financial Statistics  - library subscription ; within IMF e-library
  • ProQuest Statistical Insight
  • UNdata -  from the United Nations.  Select "Databases".  Includes subset of WDI (listed below)
  • United Nations Statistical Yearbook
    • Latest ed. at Information Services Desk; earlier editions at:  HA12.5.U63 - 3rd floor
  • Viewswire - download data (including forecasts) from the Economist Intelligence Unit
  • World Bank Data -  300 indicators available for free - from 1960 onward  (subset of WDI below)
  • World Development Indicators  (World Bank) - WDI
    • tables also via Data-Planet Statistical DataSets
    • Some years are on CD-ROM - for those, and print - offsite, at Library Services Center - HC59.15 .W656c
  • World Development Factbook  (Euromonitor) - offsite, Library Service Center - HC59.15 W675
  • World Economic Outlook  (IMF)  monthly statistics online; earlier offsite, Library Service Center: HC10.W7979
  • World Factbook (CIA) - key statistics on the economy for 266 countries
  • OECD Statistics - selected statistics available for free

Periodical articles contain useful information. Try these:

• ABI/Inform Global   (for news and periodical articles)
  •    Wall Street Journal is full-text
• Business Source Complete (for periodical articles)
• EconLit  (for scholarly articles, and book chapters)
• NBER Working Papers - from the National Bureau of Economic Research
• Business Abstracts with Full Text (Wilson/EBSCO) (core business periodical articles)