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EMBA--Northwest Houston Center Orientation: List of Business Databases

Guide for Executive Masters in Business Administration

List of Helpful Business Databases

Helpful Links

Library of Congress--A to Z Index of the Business Reference Services Web Site, Business Reference Services is the starting point for conducting research in the subject areas of business and economics.https://www.loc.gov/rr/business/azindex.html

Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS), provides specialized reference for business and finance. http://www.ala.org/rusa/sections/brass

Other Links

ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States 

1990-2016; the ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is a one-volume, comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web.

Bureau of Economic Analysis

The direct source for principal federal economic indicators. Explore additional tools, research resources, and papers from the U.S. Department of Commerce

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Direct source for consumer price index and other government statistics related to inflation, employment, productivity, workplace injury, and labor.

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Direct source for data in table format including - 10 year economic projections and historic data.

FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)

FRASER is a digital library of U.S. economic, financial, and banking history—particularly the history of the Federal Reserve System - from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. When used in connection with data contained in FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) and ALFRED (Archival Federal Reserve Data), FRASER allows the researcher to create uninterrupted data series by accessing sources previously available only in printed form and those currently available electronically (on FRED and ALFRED).

FRED

Current and historic data. Download, graph, and track 529000 economic time series from 87 sources from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research)

Current and historical; NBER is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. Provides data sets about macroeconomics, industry, international trade, individual income and expenditure data, etc.

Federal Reserve Board Data

Current and historical data including interest rates, commercial bank, household finance, exchange rates, and other banking data directly from the Federal Reserve bank.  

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