Annual Reports Gallery - An A to Z collection of annual reports. This is a commercial site. Reports are filed voluntarily so representation is scattered.

Annual Reports Online - This page offers suggestions and links for finding "Investor Relation" pages which generally contain copies of annual reports and quaterly 10K documents.

Bureau of Labor Statistics - While some of the most requested information from the BLS is available through STAT USA, this site offers a greater range of labor-related series and greater flexibility in requesting specific national and regional employment, price and wage data. Choose "DATA" (http://www.bls.gov/data/) to gain access to the BLS datasets. Most users will find what they need under the "Most Requested Series" choice from the DATA page. Choosing "Selective Access" allows more advanced users to request specific series combinations. Once you have found the series you are interested in it can be saved to your hard drive as a text file for use with a spreadsheet or statistical package. For more information on converting data found on line for use in Excel (initially...then we may want to discuss other packages as well) see "Converting Statistics from Netscape to Microsoft Excel"

Choosing "FTP Site" offers access to large datasets the BLS makes available. These files must be "unzipped" once they are downloaded onto your hard drive. See "Using Compressed Files" for more information on uncompressing files.

Department of Commerce - Searching and information page provides access to search tools of its various branches and its own general web page, including the Bureau of the Census, FedWorld, and the International Trade Administration. Get details about importing and exporting of specific goods. Statistics available by state and products.

EcEdWeb - This page was developed by the University of Nebraska, Omaha, Department of Economics. The site provides links to environmental economics, stocks, mutual funds, ad company data, finance, international data, and much more. It also provides links specifically for teaching students at the college level.

EDGAR - "The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System". This database provides indexing and access to all forms which companies and others are required by law to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. For instance, all 10K reports are filed here and made accessible within 24 hours of filing.

Federal Reserve Banks - Links to all twelve Federal Reserve Banks and their accompanying databases. For example, check on "Economic Research" at the St. Louis web site and connect to FRED. A database that provides historical economic and financial statistics.

Federal Reserve Board - Provides general information about the Federal Reserve system, current activities, reports, and a link to "Statistics: Releases and Historical Data".

International Trade Administration - A branch of the Department of Commerce dedicated to promoting U.S. enterprise in the global market place. As part of this mission the ITA provides industry and country analysis. The ITA page includes a link to trade statistics, U.S. foreign trade highlights, links to statistics organized by other countries, and a "reading room" to materials released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

National Income and Products Account - This site at the University of Virginia offers graphical representations of National Income and Products Account data obtained from STAT USA: "National income and product accounts (NIPA) show the value and composition of the Nation's output and the distribution of incomes generated in its production. The accounts include estimates of gross domestic product(GDP) - the market value of the Nation' s output of goods and services - in current and real terms, GDP price measures, the goods and services that make up GDP in current and real terms, national income, personal income, and corporate profits. In addition, BEA produces specialized measures such as estimates of auto and truck output, GDP of corporate business, housing output, and business inventory and sales. Estimates of gross product originating by industry are prepared annually in current and real terms. Measures of the inventory and fixed capital stocks consistent with NIPA output measures are also provided. Further, the accounts provide a consistent framework within which estimates of analytic interest - such as the role of research and development in the U.S. economy or the interaction of the economy and environment - can be studied." From http://www.lib.virginia.edu/socsci/nipa/nipa.html, paragraph one.

Penn World Tables - This site displays a set of national accounts economic time series covering many countries. Its expenditure entries are dominated in a common set of prices in a common currency so that real quantity comparisons can be made, both between countries and over time. It also provides information about relative prices within and between countries, as well as demographic data and capital stock estimates. The Penn World Table is produced by the Center for International Comparisons at the University of Pennsylvania.

STAT-USA - STAT-USA offers "one stop" access to most National, Regional and State economic data. This site offers access to data produced by the Department of Commerce and most other federal agencies. It bills itself as "the site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government." For some queries you will be asked for login information. You may qualify to use Grinnell College's institutional subscription. Contact a reference librarian for further information.

About the data: Most data available through STAT USA is reported by other Federal Agencies. If you do not find the precise data or information you are looking for in STAT USA you may want to check if it is available at the site maintained by the agency that produces the information.

STAT USA is divided into two major sections: State of the Nation (http://www.stat-usa.gov/econtest.nsf) and GLOBUS & NTDB (http://www.stat-usa.gov/tradtest.nsf):

State of the Nation offers data, reports and important news about the US National, Regional and State economies. This page is divided into four major areas:

• Economic News
• Today's Hot Releases including:
• Bond Rates
• Foreign Exchange Rates and others
• Daily Releases
• Current Versions of America's Top 50 Releases including:
• General Economic Indicators
• Housing and Construction
• Employment
• Manufacturing and Industry
• Monetary Statistics
• Economic Policy

GLOBUS and NTDB offer data, reports and important news concerning economic conditions and trade with other countries. This page is divided into seven major areas:

• Trade News
• Today's Global Business Opportunity Leads
• Current Exchange Rates
• Current and Historical Trade Leads
• Market and Country Research
• International Trade Statistics
• Current Press Release

Most of the information available from STAT USA is in flat text file formats. This means they can be saved to your computer's hard drive to be used with a word processor spread sheet- or statistical package. Often there are paragraphs of explanatory information that must be removed before a spreadsheet or statistical package can effectively read the data, but this is easily done using a word processor. Some of the larger collections are downloaded as compressed, self-expanding files. These files will have the extension .EXE. You can uncompress them once they are on your hard drive by double clicking on the file name. For more information on converting data found on line for use in Excel (initially...then we may want to discuss other packages as well) see "Converting Statistics from Netscape to Microsoft Excel".

United Nations - The Statistics Division produces printed publications of statistics and statistical methods in the fields of international merchandise trade, national accounts, demography and population, social indicators, gender, industry, energy, environment, human settlements and disability.

University of Michigan Documents Center - This page provides an organized approach to finding statistical resources on the web on a wide variety of topics including health, agriculture, foreign trade, finance and more.

World Bank Group - These reports often contain useful macroeconomic data/statistics. Some reports are freely available online; most reports are available only in print (and are not free). Country reports are freely available online. Country information includes historical macroeconomic information, as well as any dealings with the World Bank.

The following World Bank books are available in Burling Library:

WebEc (World Wide Web Resources in Economics) and RFE (Resources Economists on the Internet) - WebEc and RFE are the WWW Virtual Library entries for Economics. WebEc is produced and maintained in Finland, though it is mirrored in the US and points to relevant sites in the US as well as abroad. RFE (Resources for Economists on the Internet) is produced and maintained at the University of Southern Mississippi. Both sites offer a wide range of links to economics, business, and data sources on the Web. Both also try to ensure the links listed are accessible and offer substantial information of interest to Economists.