This guide provides resources for Stetson students researching U.S. and global industries. The resources include current industry overviews and analysis, market share data, trends and forecasts, lists of the major competitors in an industry, and more.
The Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) releases 12 monthly and quarterly Principal Federal Economic Indicators collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
The Economic Census is the U.S. Government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy. It is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, and response is required by law.
Contains current releases and historic time series for the following indicators: New Residential Construction, Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales, Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services, Monthly Wholesale Trade, U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, Manufacturers’ Shipments Inventories and Orders, Construction Spending, Advance U.S. International Trade in Goods, Homeownership Rate, Rental Vacancy Rate, Advance Report on Durable Goods, New Residential Sales, Quarterly Retail Trade Report, Quarterly Manufacturing Report, and Quarterly Services Survey.
Contains information on monetary policy, banking regulations, financial information for consumers, and working papers on a broad range of topics in economics and finance.
The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. It was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It is independent, impartial and not tied to any special interests.
International Trade and Investment Country Facts provides statistics on trade and investment between the United States and another country. A world map makes it easy to access country factsheets containing charts that can be printed or downloaded to a spreadsheet. The new data tool pulls statistics from BEA’s international data sets on exports, imports, direct investment, and the activities of multinational enterprises.
Provides daily updates of global economic developments, with coverage of high income as well as developing countries.
Daily data is provided for exchange rates, equity markets, interest rates, stripped bond spreads, commodity prices and emerging market bond indices. Monthly data coverage is provided for consumer prices, high-tech market indicators, industrial production and merchandise trade, etc. Quarterly data is available for GDP, current account balances, and budget balances. All data sets are updated each weekday to capture the latest available observations. Provided as a free resource by the World Bank's Prospects Group of the Development Economics Vice Presidency.
