Online Research Resources

Table of Contents

  1. Economic News
  2. Securities and Exchange Commission
  3. US Economy
  4. Employment Conditions
  5. Consumer Behavior
  6. Inflation Indicators
  7. Federal Budget
  8. International Trade and Indexes
  9. Stock, Mercantile, Futures and Options Exchanges
  10. Accounting Standards and Standard Making Bodies

Note: Resource links will open as new tabs in your active browser or will open a new browser.





Bureau of Economic Analysis Homepage: http://www.bea.gov/

BEA's Latest U.S. GDP News Release: http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm

BEA's Latest GDP by Industry: http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/gdpindnewsrelease.htm

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/current/

Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Reports: http://www.ism.ws/ismreport/index.cfm

Business Inventories: http://www.census.gov/mtis/www/current.html

Federal Reserve Press Releases and Information: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/

Federal Reserve Interest Rates (Daily): http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update/

General Source of Federal Agency Statistics: http://www.fedstats.gov/

Back to Top

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): http://www.bls.gov

BLS Reports: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.toc.htm

BLS Mass Layoffs Statistics (MLS): http://www.bls.gov/mls/

Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration (DOLETA): http://www.doleta.gov/

DOLETA Unemployment Issurance Information: http://www.ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/

DOLETA Weekly Claims Reports: http://www.ows.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch

Back to Top

Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers: https://customers.reuters.com/community/university/default.aspx

Conference Board Reports and Indicators: http://www.conference-board.org/

Personal Income and Spending: http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/pinewsrelease.htm

BLS Real Earnings Report: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.toc.htm

U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/

U.S. Retail Sales http://www.census.gov/marts/www/marts.html

U.S. E-Commerce Retail Sales: http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/ecomm.html

Back to Top

BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI): http://www.bls.gov/cpi/

BLS Producer Price Index (PPI): http://www.bls.gov/ppi/

BLS Productivity and Costs: http://www.bls.gov/lpc/

BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.toc.htm

BLS Employment Cost Index: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.toc.htm

Back to Top

Congressional Budget Office (CBO): http://www.cbo.gov/

Whitehouse Office of Management and Budget: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/

Back to Top


New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com/

NASDAQ: http://www.nasdaq.com/

Chicago Mercantile Exchange: http://www.cme.com/

Chicago Board of Trade: http://www.cbot.com/

New York Mercantile Exchange: http://www.nymex.com/

Back to Top

Financial Accounting Standards Board: http://www.fasb.org/

International Accounting Standards Board: http://www.iasb.org/

Accounting Institute of Certified Public Accountants: http://www.aicpa.org/

SEC Division of Corporate Finance: http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin.shtml

SEC Accounting Bulletins: http://www.sec.gov/interps/account.shtml

Back to Top