This is one in a series of research guides produced by the Thomas J. Long Business & Economics Library at the Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley.
Only those internet resources that offer free and substantive information in business and economics are listed in this guide.
Last updated 11/2005
BanxQuote Banking Center
Daily quotes on online banking, loans and deposits offered by financial institutions in each market. It covers metropolitan, state-by-state, regional, and national composite benchmarks for each banking product.
Federal Reserve Board
Source for banks-related statistics, surveys, studies, working papers. Includes household finance, bank structure data, money stock and reserve balances, exchange rates, industrial activity, and more.
FRED
Economic and financial statistics from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates, balance of payments.
International Monetary Fund
Many IMF reports are available without a fee.
World Bank
Summary data from many World Bank reports including the annual World Development Indicators is available without a fee.
Company incorporation information
Has links to governmental company incorporation registries throughout the world.
EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission filings of U.S. public companies are available. S-1 or SB-2 registration forms can provide information on private companies planning to go public.
Forbes
Lists of top 100, 500 or 1,000 companies in different categories, plus daily business news.
Multinational Monitor
Magazine articles tracking corporate activity. Essential Information organization.
Yahoo Finance
Search by company and click on company profile for basic company information.
The following provide up-to-date, annotated, and topically organized links to business and economics websites:
BRASS Best of Business Websites
From the American Library Association.
Global Edge
International business information include Country Insights' information on all countries, along with extensive links to research resources.
Virtual International Business & Economic Sources
Links to Country and regional information metasites. Maintained by University of North Carolina Charlotte Business Library.
Center for Research in Electronic Commerce
Many interesting full-text reports and links to useful websites.
CIO Electronic Commerce Research Center
Contains articles, links to other sites, and some statistics.
E-Commerce Information from the European Union
Statistics, research, and discussion lists.
E-Marketer
Sells reports on ecommerce and gives away some free data.
E-Payments Resource Center
Has articles and statistics on Internet transactions as well as a glossary of relevant terms.
The Information Economy
Hal Varian provides links to economic sources for evaluating the information market, particularly use of the Internet.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
E-Commerce and Development Report.
Basic facts and figures about e-commerce and its relevance to developing nations.
U.S. Census Bureau: Measuring the Electronic Economy
Research papers and "E-stats."
California Department of Finance
Financial and economic data for California. Current and historical economic statistics for California.
Economic Indicators
From the Economics and Statistics Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Economic Report of the President
The President's yearly report on the US economy has current and historical economic statistics.
Economic Statistics Briefing Room
Federal economic indicators.
Environmental Economics Metasite
Professor Hackett's (Humboldt State University) annotated "economics and the environment" Internet links. Organized by topic with an excellent collection of links for environmental economics.
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
List of prize winners in Economics over the years.
Resources for economists on the Internet
State of the Nation (Stat-USA)
Revised daily, this web site provides economic news, HOT releases, and America's top 50 economic releases.
U.S. Census Bureau
Demographic and economic statistics for the U.S. Some international statistics also.
U.S. Statistical Abstract
Comprehensive yearly compilation of U.S. statistics.
WebEc WWW Resources in Economics
WebEc is an effort to categorize free information in economics on the WWW.
BRASS Business Sites for Small Business
Aggregate of useful sites for small business published by business librarians for the American Library Association.
S.C.O.R.E.
This site created by retired executives is a most useful website for current and prospective business owners. Aside from providing useful information including online business counseling, it provides annotated links to quality business resources.
Bond Markets Online
Bond Market Association, association for bond market professionals, provides information and education resources for bond market professionals that underwrite, trade and sell debt securities. Includes policy issues, advocacy, news, research and statistics for bond professionals and investors.
Bonds Online
This website focuses its information for individual and small institutional investors. Provides current, easily accesssible price information, has introductory to in-depth information on US corporate, municipal, mortgage-backed securities and government bonds.
Institute of Business and Economic Research (IBER)
UC Berkeley's IBER provides citations to working papers on finance, 1990 to the present.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Includes Harvard University's index to working papers covering banking and finance, from 1978 to the present.
Virtual Finance Library from Ohio State's Dept. of Finance
Aggregate of links to sites that offer useful finance-related information to students, investors, researchers, executives and educators.
International Statistics
Links to statistics on the Internet by country and by subject provided by University of Auckland Library.
Internal Revenue Bulletins
The source for all substantive rulings of the IRS.
TaxLinks
A link and data aggregator focusing on tax payers and tax professionals. Its strength lies in its free databases of IRS Revenue Rulings since 1960 and Revenue Procedures since 1995. TaxLinks links up with tax sites above. Again, the content of the databases may not be totally complete, but they're free and easily accessible from the home page.
U.S. Tax Code Online
Access to the complete text of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code, Title 26 of the U.S. Code (26 USC).
BUBL Link Catalog of Internet Resources on International Commerce
Links to academic trade centers, chambers of commerce, international trade resources, trade and environment, fair trade organizations and information.
Canada. Statistics Canada.
Statistics on international trade.
Federation of International Trade Associations
See their "Really Useful Sites for International Trade Professionals" along with resources for country, legal, language, international markets and business directories.
United Nations/ECE. Trends in Europe and North America
Thumbnail statistical profiles of 55 countries.
U.S. Census. Foreign Trade Statistics
Current data and export information.
U.S. Government Export Portal
Country/industry market research, links to NAFTA and tariff websites.
U.S. International Trade Administration
Statistics on state export data, trade development.
U.S. International Trade Commission Dataweb
Interactive, direct access to trade data, including tariff information, import/export data.
World Trade Organization
International trade statistics from 1980-.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumer expenditures andprices, earnings by Area(metropolitan areas, states, international) and Occupation, productivity (national and international) comparisons, demographics, worker safety and health, employment costs, career handbooks, and more.