dboerner on October 5th, 2009

Here is a link to the power point I showed for finding information in regards to Italy’s culture, political history, and economy.
Italy
Here is a link to my post on how to find which database contains a particular article/journal.

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dboerner on February 18th, 2009

Our census bureau has kindly created a page of links (listed alphabetically by country) into the statistical agencies of other countries.  A great resource if you are researching another country!  Nuf said.

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dboerner on February 11th, 2009

Sorry guys & gals for the somewhat misleading title.  I am not connecting entrepreneurship and expenditure patterns.  However, I am providing a link to a report called the Monthly Labor Review which contains several reports (including one on entrepreneurship and one on expenditure patterns).
The pdf is lengthy, but it contains several reports (I am paraphrasing [...]

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dboerner on January 13th, 2009

TCU’s domestic industry database, IBISWorld, is now providing recession analysis for each industry (down to the 5 digit NAICS code).  Here’s their blip:
In response, IBISWorld has developed a special “Recession Insights” macro-economic study.  From this high level study, we have developed new “Recession Update” chapters for all industry reports – including quarterly forecasts for all 700 [...]

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dboerner on December 2nd, 2008

We’re all hearing/reading news about the now official recession, but where are the analysts getting their numbers?  Here are links to some of the resources being quoted in the news.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20081201a.htm
Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke’s speech
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http://www.economicindicators.gov/  Government portal for economic indicators.  One-stop shop.
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http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/default.htm Federal Reserve Economic Research and Data
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http://www.ism.ws/ISMReport/MfgROB.cfm   – November 2008 Manufacturing ISM Report on [...]

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