Business Statistics

Internet Sites

American Bankers Association: Use for finding statistics on the banking industry: ATM usage statistics and general banking industry activity.

Bizstats.com: Bizstats offers you instant access to useful financial ratios, business statistics and benchmarks and provides effective and understandable analyses of businesses and related industries.

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA): BEA produces economic accounts statistics that enable government and business decision-makers, researchers, and the American public to follow and understand the performance of the Nation's economy. To do this, BEA collects source data, conducts research and analysis, develops and implements estimation methodologies, and disseminates statistics to the public.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (US Department of Labor): The U.S. Department of Labor publishes a wide variety of statistics related to labor and the economy. You can locate the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Business Cost Analyses, and updated monthly, wage and unemployment figures. Additional categories include: inflation, wages, occupations and demographics.

Economic Indicators.gov: The Economics and Statistics Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce produces the Economic Indicators Web site. Their mission is to provide timely access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.

GlobalEDGE: On this site, hosted by the Michigan State University: Broad College of Business, you will find Trade/Industry Statistics on a select number of major industries affecting the global market. Free registration may be required to access some statistical information.

Historical County Business Patterns - 1977-1997 (SIC Code); 1998-2001 (NAICS Code): An expedient resource for doing historical business pattern research, this site allows you to find past information on county, state, and national business data garnered from the US Census Bureau. This site is hosted by the University of Virginia Library.

Maryland State Data Center: The Maryland State Data Center (SDC) program is a partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau. The SDC monitors development trends, analyzes social, economic and other characteristics and prepares population, housing, employment, labor force, and income projections, which provide the baseline for planning for growth and development in the State.

OFFSTATS: OFFSTATS is one of the most comprehensive and reputable compilations of international statistics available on the Web. Hosted by the University of Auckland, NZ, this site offers a portal to nearly every official statistics Web sites of every country. Here you will find a broad selection of business and economic statistics along with demographics and much more.

United States Historical Census Browser: Use this searchable statistics database to conduct historical Census research spanning the years 1790 to 1960. The information here is gathered in the U.S. Decennial Census. Data are available at the state and county level, and can be selected and organized by a variety of criteria.

US Census Bureau: The Bureau of the Census is the largest publisher of comprehensive statistical data important to business and marketing. The data can be used to measure potential markets in terms of size, geographic areas, kinds of business, and kinds of products made or sold. In addition the new American Community Survey (ACS) can be found here.

US Census FactFinder: The main appeal of this resource is for those needing “fast access to information,” whether economic or otherwise, located on its parent site, the US Census.

US Economic Census: The Economic Census is an excellent source of statistics for those engaged in economics and business research. The Census is published every five years or in every year ending in 2 and 7. The newest Census is being produced in 2007. Use this resource if you are researching industry information or are interested in reviewing national economic health. Other features include County Business Patterns and estats (a statistical analysis of e-commerce trends.)

Books

	Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios Troy Ph.D., Leo Use the Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios to assess the precise benchmarks for evaluating an individual company's financial performance. The performance data is derived from the latest available IRS figures on U.S. and international companies and tracks 50 operating and financial factors in nearly 200 industries. Use this resource for researching both traditional industries as well as emerging ones. Call Number: XHF5681.R25.A44Q
	Annual Statement Studies: Financial Ratio Benchmarks , RMA (Risk Management Association) Annual Statement Studies is used by credit risk professionals for industry research. Industry information is garnered from over 190,000 financial statements from RMA member institutions, which represent the financials from their commercial customers and prospects. The information contained in this annual is meant to help you identify, assess, and manage the impacts of credit risk, operational risk, and market risk on businesses and their customers. Call Number: XHF5681.B2.R6Q
	Business Statistics of the United States : Patterns of Economic Change What used to be a publication produced by the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bernan Press has continued compiling and publishing since 1992. Use this publication in tandem with online government statistical resources, such as the Economic Census, for researching both current and historical business statistics and economic and industry trends. Contained within are nearly 3,500 economic time series portraying the period since World War II comprehensively. Background information is provided to help the researcher understand the data. Also new to this edition is the Patterns of Economic Change meant to help the researcher understand the historical economic trends in a more direct and easy fashion. Call Number: XHC101.A1310Q
	Community Sourcebook of Zip Code Demographics Find in-depth demographic information delineated by zip code. Among other things, it covers population change and composition, income, and purchase potential. Indices are arranged alphabetically by state. Call Number: XHA203.S66

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