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Online Sources
Handbooks
in Economics UW restricted
Elsevier Science presents the full text of handbooks on economics. The
topics of the books include development economics, income distribution,
international economics, labor economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics,
public economics, regional and urban economics, and health economics
New
Palgrave Dictionary of Economics UW restricted
Print
Sources
(*Note:
All Books in Reference Collection are on the 1st Floor of Library)
Handbook
of United States Economic and Financial Indicators
Call No: REFERENCE HC 106.8 047
Contains 284 indicators. Entries provide a brief description of each
indicator, an explanation of how it is derived or calculated, characterization
of how it is used, a table of sources that furnish values for the indicator,
indicates who publishes it, and gives a bibliography of works that give
more information about it.
The
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History (5 vols.)
Call No: REFERENCE HC15 094
Electronic
Databases
EconLit
UW Restricted
Comprehensive indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's
economic literature (over 300 major economic journals and collected
volumes) compiled from the American Economic Association's Journal of
economic literature and the Index of economic articles in journals and
collective volumes.
Conference
Board Business Knowledge Research UW Restricted
This is a searchable database of full-text research reports on some
of the latest issues in business and economics. Economics material includes
U.S. and global economic indicators and analysis and forecasts of regional,
national, and international economic conditions.
Source
OECD UW Restricted
Covers economic and social issues for OECD member countries. For data,
select from left frame such as OECD Economic Surveys, OECD Economic
Outlook and choose a country.
Also
Search Newspapers
and Journals
for articles related to economic issues in
UW Restricted Databases
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Bureau
of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.doc.gov
Prepares estimates of national, international and regional aspects of
the U.S. Economy. Also provides access to their publication Survey of
Current Business.
Bureau
of Economic Analysis
U.S. Department of Commerce provides GDP, industry data, international
trade and investment data, regional estimates by state, state personal
income and regional multipliers. BEA's economic statistics give an up-to-date
picture of the U.S. economy and its position in the world economy.
Conference
Board Business Knowledge Research UW restricted
This is a searchable database of full-text research reports on some
of the latest issues in business and economics. Economics material includes
U.S. and global economic indicators and analysis and forecasts of regional,
national, and international economic conditions.
EconData.Net
www.econdata.net
A portal for state and local socioeconomic statistics. The data is derived
from the Census Bureau, Bureau of labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic
Analysis, and other federal, sate, local and private sources. Browse
by data provider or by topic.
Economic
Policy Institute
http://www.epinet.org/
Provides its research findings on living standards/labor markets, government
and the economy, globalization and trade, politics and public opinion,
and sustainable economics. Also, includes links to economic indicators,
wage and income trends, and unemployment insurance calculator.
Economic
Report of the President
http://www.access.gpo.gov/eop/index.html
In addition to an economic analysis on a wide range of domestic and
international economic policy issues with long-term and near-term growth
projections, there are statistical tables often covering 40 years or
more relating to income, employment and production. Categories include:
National Income and Expenditures; Population, Employment, Wages and
Productivity; Production and Business Activity; Consumer and Producer
Price Indexes; Money, Stock, Credit and Finance (including Bond Yields
& Interest Rates, NY Stock Exchange Indexes, Dow Jones Industrial
Average, S&P Index, Common Stock Yields and more); Government Finance;
Corporate Profits and Finance; Agriculture; and International Statistics.
Economic
Statistics Briefing Room
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
Provides links to economic indicators from U.S. government federal agencies.
The information is updated by each agency and is the latest available.
Includes, for example, GDP, personal savings rate, personal consumption
expenditures, disposable income, per capita income, household income,
unemployment rates, employment cost index, consumer price index, producer
price index, interest rates and US commodity imports and exports.
FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov
Gateway to federal statistics-producing agencies. Browse by statistical
program (demographic, economic, labor, health, crime, etc.) or view
a directory of federal agencies and the statistics they produce. There
is an alphabetical index as well as a search engine that allows searching
a single agency or across all statistics-producing agencies.
Federal
Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
http://www.stls.frb.org/fred/
Developed by St. Louis Federal Reserve District. Provides historical
U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates,
monetary and business indicators, exchange rates, balance of payments
and regional economic data.
Leading
Economic Indicators (LEI) and Related Composites
http://www.globalindicators.org/index.cfm
Files and tables for GNP, GDP, PPI, and leading, lagging, and coincident
business cycle indicators. Most series have backfiles to at least the
1940's. Series are indexes or given in constant dollars. Also has news
releases that give primary info on composite leading index and its components.
Policy
Papers covering the issues, legislation, policies, programs, industry
perspective and stats can be found in Lexis-Nexis.
These reports are issued by various government agencies, commissions,
committees, and research services. You may need to keep your search
strategy simple.
To access in Lexis-Nexis,
select "Sources" tab above. In "Find a Source" box,
type "Policy Papers." Click "Go." Select (check
mark) "Policy Papers," and then Click on "Ok Continue."
You can then type key words to search within the policy papers.
Survey
of Current Business
http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/pubs.htm
Monthly and quarterly cyclical indicators. Cover areas such as personal
income, industrial productivity, business sales and inventories, commodity
prices, producer prices, labor force, and earnings.
Tax
History Museum
http://www.tax.org/museum/default.htm
By Tax Analysts, an online museum covering American tax history from
1660 to the present--with documents, portraits of key figures, illustrations
and, eventually, sound clips of tax-related speeches for the last 100
years.
Treasury
Bulletin
http://www.fms.treas.gov/bulletin/index.html
Federal fiscal operations includes federal debt, bonds, notes, market
yield, and other federal financial oblications. Provides major foreign
currencies, along with a profile of the domestic economy, including
growth of GDP, federal deficit, and rate of personal savings.
Print
Sources
(*Note: All Books in Reference Collection are on the 1st Floor of Library)
Statistical
Abstracts of the United States
Call No: REFERENCE HA 202 U56
and web site with abridged version: http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
Collection of statistics in table format for a wide range of economic
indicators.
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Department
of Labor
http://www.dol.gov
Bureau
of International Labor Affairs
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/welcome.html
Employment
Standards Administration
http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa
Wage
and Hour Division
http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/whd_org.htm
Monthly
Labor Review
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
Has articles and monthly statistics section on employment and earnings.
Gives less detail but a longer range of years than Employment and Earnings.
Bureau
of Labor & Statistics
http://www.bls.gov
Statistical information on employment, unemployment, prices and living
conditions. Also has an ftp site of historical data.
Access
Washington
http://access.wa.gov
The official Washington State web page for information on starting a
business in the state, as well as in-state employment, government, education
and recreation.
Workforce
Explorer: Washington's Labor Market Information
http://www.workforceexplorer.com/
Salary.com
http://salary.com
Gives salary information for various job titles by zip code or state/metro
area. Also provides advice on negotiating for a compensation package,
salary news, plus links to government wage sites, salary surveys, and
trade associations.
eComp
Executive Compensation Database
http://www.ecomponline.com
Gives compensation for over 32,000 executives at more than 9,000 U.S.
public companies. The database can be searched by company, ticker symbol,
state, sector and industry.
AFLCIO
http://www.aflcio.org/cgi-bin/aflcio.pl
CEO pay data for the companies in the Standard & Poor's Super 1,500
Index . There is also a section on how to track down executive pay by
using Proxy Statements with a link to them.
FreeErisa.Com
http://www.freeerisa.com/
Pension and benefit information for U.S. employers. View or download
copies of employers most recent 5500 form as filed with U.S. Dept. of
Labor.
Office
of Small Business Programs
http://www.dol.gov/osbp/welcome.htm
Women's
Bureau
http://www.dol.gov/wb/welcome.html
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