See also: Colorado, Foreign, International, Non-profit business, and Trade

US National Debt Clock
US Budget Graphed - visual representation of how the US federal government spends income taxes; not only does it show the amount spent on each item, but it also shows the percentage change from last year, well researched and justified in supporting materials

Analysis

EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Economic Report of the President - 1995+
Council of Economic Advisors
Office of Management & Budget

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Congress: Joint Economic Committee - major studies
House Committees - Budget, Small Business, Ways & Means, etc.
Senate Committee - Budget, Finance, Small Business, etc.
General Accounting Office
Congressional Budget Office
Liber8 - economic materials and databases

OTHER
U.S. Business Advisor
Securities & Exchange Commission - information about companies filed with the SEC, includes EDGAR Database
Fed in Print: an Index to Federal Reserve Economic Research - gateway to FRB publications or view Federal reserve Banks map - get to the 12 districts for information; many have links to the publications full-text
Small Business Administration - starting and financing your business, opportunities, etc.
Treasury Department - accounting, budget, markets, international, etc.

INTERNATIONAL
Doing Business - World Bank resource for comparing business regulations, data and reports

STATISTICS

Bureau of Economic Analysis - Commerce Dept.
Budget of the U.S. - current
Economic Indicators, 1995- and Economic Indicators
Economics and Statistics Administration - various commonly used economic indicators
County Business Patterns for the U.S. and every State; search by state, zip code or metro areas.
- older edition available at Docs C 3.204/3-#:
U.S. Import/Export History 1989- to launch database and Import/Export Price Indexes
Employment Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics
Macroeconomic Time Series Data Source Locator - historical macroeconomic statistics (University of Chicago Library)
FRASER - Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
FRED - an economic time-series database (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Economic Statistics Briefing Room - current major economic indicators (White House)
U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants - Green Book, U.S. economic and military assistance to other countries: data given in historical (current) and constant dollars. Search by country or program. Default setting is ten year cumulations with individual years for the past five. Use custom setting to select one country for individual years, 1946 to present.

INDUSTRY CODES

NAICS - North American Industry Classification System
SIC - Standard Industrial Classification Codes

WOMEN

Women-Owned Business Economic Research - Compilation of research studies on women-owned businesses, covering topics such as business ownership rates, women-owned sole proprietorships, venture capital in women-led firms, and more; includes documents back to 1995. (US Small Business Association, Office of Advocacy)

LINKS

BEOnline Plus - select online business resources in 88 categories: accounting, business plans, e-commerce, demographics, data sets, directories, standards, etc. (Library of Congress)

MISCELLANEOUS - non-gov

Cost-of-Living Comparisons - click salary/Cost-of-Living Data
Economic Indicators - The Dismal Scientist

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