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LEVELS: NATIONAL - U.S. Government Sites NATIONAL - Organizations, Associations, and Private Firms LOCAL - Regional, State, County, City INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT REPORTS AND RESOURCES
Congressional Budget Office - http://www.cbo.gov/ Includes Current Economic
Projections and Year-by-Year Forecasts for 2007-2016 at Portal to the Economic
and Statistics Administration from the Department of Commerce with links
to resources from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and U.S. Census
Bureau, with access to Economic Indicators from the Economics and
Statistics Administration at the
Key economic indicators
from the two main Bureaus of the Dept. of Commerce - Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) and U.S. Census Bureau. Bureau of Economic Analysis - http://www.bea.gov/ GDP, Industry economic
data, National Income and Product Account (NIPA)
Tables. http://www.bea.gov/Industry/Index.htm -
GDP by Industry Gateway to huge data
files from the United States Department of Commerce U.S. Census Bureau,
including Economic Census, Annual Survey of Manufactures, monthly report
on Manufacturers Shipments and Orders, etc. Manufacturers Shipments, Inventories, and
Orders Monthly statistics from
the U.S. Census Bureau M3 Home. http://www.ces.census.gov/. - The research unit of Office of
Chief Economist, U.S. Census Bureau.
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey from the
http://www.census.gov/csd/ace/ "Detailed and timely
information on capital investment in structures and equipment by nonfarm
businesses."
Gateway to U.S. Federal Government labor economic data and
statistics, including employment, inflation, Producer Price
Indexes. At Search EDGAR - http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm
- find information on (EDGAR = Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) Economic Statistics Briefing Room from the White
House http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html This service is intended
to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators across
government sites. International Trade Administration
http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/trade-detail/ Tables reporting quantity
and value of U.S. exports and imports, by country, for each 10-digit
"Harmonized" code, both monthly and year-to-date. Portal to both Exports data
(compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau), and Imports data (compiled by the
U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC).
Organizations, Associations, and Private
Firms National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - http://www.nber.org/data/ A private, nonprofit,
nonpartisan research organization..
Access to data ranging from Macro Data through international,
industry, patent, to School District Databook. Economagic
- http://www.economagic.com/ Comprehensive site of
free economic time series useful for economic forecasting, begun by
Professor Ted Bos as an aid to a university Applied Forecasting
class. Access to more than
200,000 time series data, charts, Excel formats. Mostly
Moody's Economy.com
- http://www.economy.com/ Variety of economic
products include including: Free access to over 100,000 economic and financial
data series. Daily coverage of industry, financial, and
regional trends. Web
only.
Financial Forecast Center - http://neatideas.com/ From Market Research
International - includes Six Month
Economic Indicator Forecasts. Blue Chip Publications http://www.aspenpublishers.com/bluechip.asp Blue Chip Economic
Indicators and Blue Chip
Financial Forecasts , monthly newsletters, hard copy only,
subscription required.
Monthly survey of leading economists' individual predictions and a
consensus of their forecasts. Consensus Economics http://www.consensuseconomics.com/
Polls more than 600
economists each month to obtain their forecasts and
views. Consensus Forecasts -
Risk Management Association (Formerly Robert
Morris Associates) Annual Statement Studies
now available online by industry SIC http://www.rmahq.org/RMA/ProductsandServices/RMABookstore/StatementStudies/ Financial Ratio Benchmarks and Industry Default
Probabilities Can download SIC/NAICS
industry reports individually for a fee. Corporate Information, from Wright Investors'
Service http://www.corporateinformation.com/memberhome.asp Some information free to
non-members, registration required.
Analyses and access to information on companies world-wide.
Emphasis on Hoovers Company Profiles - http://www.hoovers.com/ Some access to industry
"snapshots" and company information free; full access requires
subscription. Harris InfoSource - http://www.harrisinfo.com/ Harris, owned by Dun &
Bradstreet, offers various subscription options to their Selectory
Database and their Company Reach products. Zapdata from Dun & Bradstreet
- http://www.zapdata.com/ Subscription required for this
online access to Dun & Bradstreet company profiles, prospect lists,
and industry analyses.
LOCAL - REGIONAL, STATE, COUNTY, CITY State Economic Information - http://www.bls.gov/eag/home.htm Click on a state for " At
a Glance" look at Employment data for that state from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. State Data Centers from the
Includes links to State
Centers for Business and Economic Research, or
State and County Quick Facts from the
Quick, easy access to
facts about people, business, and geography. Annual series provides
subnational economic data by industry. State and Local Government Agencies on the
Net http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm Frequently updated links
to state websites listing agencies, with links to county and city sites
within states, Secretary of State Offices, regional Business Development
branches. Directory of
American Machine Tool Distributors
Association
http://www.amtda.org/ Industry statistics,
Association news, and Economic Indicators with charts. AMTDA Economic
Indicators Charts graphically show Durable Goods Manufacturing statistics
for Capacity Utilization, Industrial Production, Gross Domestic Product,
Purchasing Managers Index, and Unemployment, and compare them with United
States Machine Tool Consumption statistics (see below). Frequently
updated. Association for Manufacturing Technology http://www.amtonline.org/ Some information
available to members only. The Economic Handbook of the Machine Tool
Industry is available to non-members in hard copy for a fee.
Jointly compiled by the
American Machine Tool Distributors Association (AMTDA) and the Association
for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) from reports from participating
companies. Full reports are available only to firms who participate in the
survey. Updated monthly at the
websites of both Associations: http://www.amtda.org/usmtc/index.htm
and at http://www.amtonline.org/ Surveys and Forecasts from
Capital Spending Survey
and Forecast http://www.gardnerweb.com/capspend/reports/index.html National Association of
Manufacturers Site includes news and
trends for manufacturing industries Institute for Supply Management (Formerly NAPM) -
http://www.ism.ws/ Monthly Manufacturing
Report on Business includes Purchasing Managers Index
(PMI.) Current
Industrial Reports From the
U.S. Census Bureau, these reports provide data on production and shipments
of selected products. These surveys measure manufacturing activity in
important commodity areas including industrial equipment. Aerospace Industries Association - http://www.aia-aerospace.org/ Includes "Economic
Indicators for the Aerospace Industry" at http://www.aia-aerospace.org/stats/indicators/indicators.cfm Office of Automotive Affairs,
http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/auto/data/econdata.html Ward'sAuto.com - http://www.wardsauto.com/ Some information and
charts available free - see links at http://www.wardsauto.com/keydata.
Full access requires subscription.
Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association
(AAIA) http://www.aftermarket.org/Home.asp
Medical Device Manufacturers Association - http://www.medicaldevices.org/public/ Links to industry
resources at http://www.medicaldevices.org/public/links/ Medical Device Link - http://www.devicelink.com/industry/index.html Industry news and
events. Association of Equipment Manufacturers Industry
Trends World Chambers of Commerce - http://www.worldchambers.com/ International Monetary Fund - http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm Access to multiple
resources, listed alphabetically at http://www.imf.org/external/indexlst.htm
, including D: "Data, World
Economic Outlook," and F: "Forecasts." Western Hemispheric
Access to the
http://freetrade.tamiu.edu/naftadata/ http://www.usmcoc.org/nafta.html Portal to Economic
Analysis & Statistics, Business Information by Sector, Canadian
Importers Database, much more. Statistics
Canadian Economic
Indicators, Surveys, Perspectives Conference Board of
Research group in
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization - http://www.unido.org/
Industrial Statistics
portal at http://www.unido.org/doc/3474
Statistics Mexico http://www.unido.org/data/geostat.cfm?cc=MEX
From UNIDO Industrial
Statistics:
GlobalEDGE
- http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
Global Business Cycle
Indicators http://www.conference-board.org/economics/index.cfm From The Conference
Board. Some current data
available free to non-subscribers. TradePort - http://www.tradeport.org/ International
comprehensive trade information, trade leads, and company databases, from
Federal Reserve Board Beige Book Summary of
Current Economic Conditions http://www.federalreserve.gov/FOMC/BeigeBook/2007/
Federal Reserve Bank of
Regional Economic
Conditions - http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/regional/index.htm Federal Reserve Bank of
Empire
State Manufacturing Survey Federal Reserve Bank of
Economic Research at http://www.phil.frb.org/econ/index.html
includes access to the monthly Business Outlook Survey of Manufacturers in
the Third Federal Reserve District, and the most recent Survey of
Professional Forecasters.
. Federal Reserve Bank of
Economic Trends - http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/ Fourth District
Conditions http://www.clevelandfed.org/bsr/conditions/index.htm Federal Reserve Bank of
Fifth District Manufacturing
Survey http://www.richmondfed.org/research/regional_conditions/manufacturing_conditions/ Federal Reserve Bank of
Find links to
publications at http://www.frbatlanta.org/publica/pubs_index.cfm,
including EconSouth Quarterly Economic
Outlook. Federal Reserve Bank of
http://www.chicagofed.org/economic_research_and_data/cfmmi.cfm
Federal Reserve Bank of
The Regional Economist - A Quarterly Review of
http://stlouisfed.org/publications/re/default.html Federal Reserve Bank of
http://www.minneapolisfed.org/news/rel/ Federal Reserve Bank of
Survey of Tenth District
Manufacturers http://www.kc.frb.org/mfgsurv/mfgmain.htm Federal Reserve Bank of
http://www.dallasfed.org/data/data/mi5302.htm Federal Reserve Bank of
Economic Research and
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