Business and Commerce Resources
U.S. business, commerce and advertising databases, publications, and reports
- Beige Book
Report on current economic conditions by Federal Reserve District. - Business and Nonprofits
Conduct business online with the U.S. Government including filing taxes and wage reports, obtaining an export license or a state license, and obtaining or verifying an employer ID number or employee's Social Security number. Also includes business-related guides. - Census of Construction Industries
- Consumer Price Indexes (Bureau of Labor)
- County Business Patterns, 1977-2000
- Economic Indicators
- Export-Import Bank of the United States
Includes links for small businesses, U.S. exporters, international buyers, lenders, and news media. - Federal Business Opportunities
(formerly Commerce Business Daily) - Federal Reserve System
- FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)
Contains links to scanned images (PDF format) of historic/economic statistical publications, releases, and documents including the annual Economic Report of the President. Coverage starts with the 19th and early 20th century for some economic and banking reports. Includes a link to Allan Meltzer’s A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1: 1913-1951. - FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Contains thousands of U.S. economic times series organized into 13 categories some of which include "vintage" data. Also includes regional and county-level data. Download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats. View charts of data series. - GeoFRED
Federal Reserve data-mapping tool that displays color-coded unemployment, labor force and population data on the state, MSA, and county levels. Select among thousands of data series and customize printable maps according to size, scope, and detail - Liber8
Newsletter designed by librarians from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for university and government document librarians, students, and the general public. In a non-technical manner provides economic information, articles, data, and websites from the Federal Reserve system and other government agencies. - Measuring Electronic Business
U.S. Census Bureau definitions and concepts of e-business. - National Economic Accounts (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Provides statistics for the following topics: Gross Domestic Product including National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA); Personal Income and Outlays; Corporate Profits; Fixed Assets; Research and Development; Government Current Receipts and Expenditures; Supplemental Estimates; and Conferences and Meetings. - National Trade Data Bank (NTDB) Guide
University of Minnesota's guide to alternative sources for NTDB information. NTDB CD-Roms ceased with Oct. 2000 and are continued by Stat-USA. This guide shows alternative locations for some titles that exist independently. - 1992 Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) online information page
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- EDGAR
Corporate Securities and Exchange Commission filings - Calculators for Investors
- Online Publications for Investors - Subject Listing
- EDGAR
- Small Business (GPO Pathway Services Browse Topic)
- Small Business Administration
- Standard Industrial Classifications (SIC) Index
- STAT-USA
U.S. Department of Commerce collection of business, economic, and trade databases that includes information from over 40 government agencies. Archived economic information including America's Top 50 Releases is available through its State of the Nation Archive. - Trade Dataweb by ITC
- Transportation Information from the Economic Census
- Union Reports and Collective Bargaining Agreement: Online Public Disclosure Room
View and print union annual financial reports and reports filed by unions, union officers and employees, employers, and labor relations consultants for the year 2000 onward. Also contains links to order reports for 1999 and earlier. - U.S. Business Advisor: How To...
Tools, guides, and forms for doing business with the government. - ZIP Code Business Patterns
- Advertising World
University of Texas' extensive collection of advertising links. - BEA Regional Economic Accounts
Economic data for states and cities. - Consumer Expenditure Survey
Bureau of Labor Statistics' consumer data by region.
