Company information (US and International) -- use Yahoo--Companies; EDGAR - records of publically-traded companies that have been electronically filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission since 1994 (also includes files on international companies that trade on U.S. exchanges); The Big Book - directory (with maps) to over 16 million American companies; Business/Industry Patterns by Zip Code, State, Metro Area & County (from US Census); Also Forbes, Fortune, and Business Week.

Consumer Expenditure Surveys -- from the U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Consumer Price Index (US) - use STAT-USA

Consumer Satisfaction -- use American Customer Satisfaction Index, select "ACSI Scores"

Cost-of-Living Calculator (U.S.) -- data going back to 1913. Use American Institute for Economic Research site

Cost-of-Living Comparison (U.S.) -- Compare among 399 U.S. job markets. Available from DataMasters.

Currency exchange rates, foreign - use STAT-USA; Federal Reserve Board- Foreign Exchange Rates: Monthly, Weekly, Daily; FXConverter, Yahoo--Currency exchange rates

Debt, external (International) - use CIA World Factbook, Statistics on External Debt

Economic Indicators (U.S) -- use U.S. Census Bureau, United States Congress Economic Indicators, Economic Statistics Briefing Room- White House, Economics & Statistics Administration

Economic Indicators, International -- use Country Commercial Guides from the U.S. Government Export Portal, CIA Handbook of International Economic Statistics

Economic Report of the President - use GPO Access

Employment/Population ratio (US) -- use U.S. Census State Rankings

Employment by Major Industry, U.S. -- Use Bureau of Labor Statistics site

Exchange Rates --Rates; Economic History Resources

Exports, U.S. ($ value) - use CIA World Factbook; STAT-USA for U.S. exports by commodity, U.S. exports by country

Financial Data Finder

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (international) - use CIA World Factbook

Imports, U.S. ($ value) - use CIA World Factbook; STAT-USA for U.S. imports by commodity, U.S. imports by country

Income, Individual (US) -- for average annual pay, personal income, and median household incomes use -- U.S. Census State Rankings. Also use FedStats.

Inflation Calculator (US)

Inflation rate (International) - use CIA World Factbook

Interest rates (US) - use STAT-USA - Federal Reserve statistical release or Federal Reserve Board's "Selected Interest Rates

Internet -- NetFactual.com, Internet Economy Indicators

Labor (US) -- use FedStats, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Labor (by state) -- use list of state labor sites from Bureau of Labor Statistics

Market Research Reports (US)- Use Market Research from the Export.gov, STAT-USA

Money Supply (U.S.) -- for monthly statistics since 1959 use Federal Reserve

National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA), U.S. -- Use Bureau of Economic Analysis: National Economic Accounts site

Pew Research

Real Estate and Housing -- use National Association of Realtors, Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies

Retail Trade, monthly (U.S.) -- use U.S. Census Bureau

Salary Calculator, International -- Compare cost-of-living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities. Use Homebuyers Fair.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings of public companies - use EDGAR

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes

Stock market quotes (US) - use StockMaster; Yahoo--U.S. Markets

Stock market quotes (International) - use Yahoo--International Markets

Trade data - use U.S. Census Reports - U.S Foreign Trade Statistics; World Trade Organization Trade Statistics; CIA Handbook of International Economic Statistics - Foreign Trade and Aid for imports/exports of Big Seven, U.S., Japan, Russia, China, E.U., developing countries, and others

Unemployment rates, world - use CIA World Factbook

Unemployment rates, United States - use GPO Access

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