|
Government sources |
refer
also to global
regional
directories |
| U.S. Census Bureau
data |
www.census.gov
|
| FedStats -
statistics available from more than 100 US government agencies |
www.fedstats.gov
|
| US Bureau of Labor
Statistics |
www.bls.gov
|
| US Department of
Commerce - Export.gov - Trade Information Center |
www.export.gov
www.export.gov/tic |
| US Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis - includes FDI data |
http://www.bea.doc.gov/ |
| US Department of
Commerce National Trade Data Bank (NTDB) - this trade information
may also be helpful for some investors, also available on CD-ROM |
www.stat-usa.gov
|
| FDIC Regional
Economic Conditions (RECON) |
http://www2.fdic.gov/recon/ |
|
Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Factbook |
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook |
| State
and Local Governments on the Net - over 10,000 links to government
websites |
www.statelocalgov.net |
|
Other information sources and services |
|
| Global Insight,
Inc. - including what was formerly known as DRI (Data Resources
Inc., which was part of McGraw Hill's Standard & Poor's services)
and WEFA (Wharton Economic Forecasting Associates), as well as
Primark Decision Economics (formerly part of Thomson Financial),
specializing in global economic and financial market information and
analytical and advisory services. |
www.dri-wefa.com
www.pde.primark.com |
|
ClaritasExpress.com portal, SiteReports.com - site data with
GlobeXplorer imagery in connection with Claritas customer
segmentation systems and marketing tools |
www.ClaritasExpress.com
www.SiteReports.com
www.claritas.com |
| Woods
& Poole Economics, Inc. |
www.woodsandpoole.com |
|
EconData.net - many links to useful research sources for regional
economic data |
www.econdata.net
|
| The
Economist Intelligence Unit |
www.eiu.com
|
|
Economagic.com - economic time series can be downloaded for analysis |
www.economagic.com |
| Nation
Master - tools for comparing national statistics data across most
countries |
www.nationmaster.com |
| World
Economic Forum - Knowledge Navigator - includes a section with
articles on foreign direct investment, country studies, etc. |
Knowledge Navigator |
| Morgan
Quitno Press publishes a variety of rankings of state and local
areas, such as "Smartest State", "Safest/Most Dangerous City or
State", "Most Livable State", "Most Improved State", and "Healthiest
State", based on data and statistical trend analysis. |
http://www.morganquitno.com/ |
|
GlobalSecurity.org - international security issues and significant
events |
www.globalsecurity.org |
|
HomeTownLocator - community profile information and many links |
www.hometownlocator.com |
|
ePodunk - profiles communities, counties, colleges, school
districts, museums and other places across the United States. |
www.epodunk.com |
|
Community Economic Toolbox - developed for the website Poverty in
America |
http://www.economictoolbox.geog.psu.edu/
http://www.povertyinamerica.psu.edu/ |
|
DemographicsNow.com - online subscription service for custom market
reports and maps in the US, operated by SRC, which builds custom
mapping solutions which incorporate demographic data, such as with
MapInfo applications |
www.demographicsnow.com
www.extendthereach.com |
|
Anything Research - industry research reports drawn from government
databases about market size, trends, financials, employment
statistics |
http://www.anythingresearch.com |
