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Italy

dboerner — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:55:26 +0000

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.

International Statistical Agencies

dboerner — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:08:46 +0000

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.

Entrepreneurship & Expenditure patterns

dboerner — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:05:30 +0000

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 BLS’ descriptions of each report below):

The births and deaths of business establishments in the United States- Basically a report that discusses the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) attempt to better measure business start-ups and failures (as an indication of entrepreneurship). The bonus is that they provide lots of statistics on this topic.
Expenditure patterns of young single adults: two recent generations compared- A report comparing the spending habits of “young, never-married adults in 2004-05 and their counterparts in 1984-85.”
Business Processes and Business Functions: a new way of looking at employment- BLS created a new classification system and combined it with their Mass Layoff Statistics to gain a new perspective on employment.
Service-providing occupations, offshoring, and the labor market- An analysis of service-providing occupations’ susceptbility to offshoring.

The Monthy Labor Report is produced by the U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics. I am linking you to the December 2008 report.

IBISWorld- Industry Specific Recession Info

dboerner — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:59:07 +0000

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 industries.

The ramifications of the recession and length of time until recovery are just a few of the many unknowns plaguing the nation. While many industries are suffering, some are actually benefiting from the economic downturn. The turning point of recovery for every industry is different therefore there is no single answer. Used together, this new research will provide a comprehensive review of long and short-term economic implications.

To see their economists’ report titled “Economic Crisis: When will it End?”, go to http://www.ibisworld.com/recession2009/

(It may ask for your TCU user name/password).

Recession Numbers

dboerner — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:34:44 +0000

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

http://www.economicindicators.gov/ Government portal for economic indicators. One-stop shop.

http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/default.htm Federal Reserve Economic Research and Data

http://www.ism.ws/ISMReport/MfgROB.cfm - November 2008 Manufacturing ISM Report on Business

(Institute for Supply Management)

http://www.nber.org/ National Bureau of Economic Research

http://wwwdev.nber.org/cycles/cyclesmain.html Business Cycle Expansion and Contractions

And now a sundry of government statistical resources:

http://www.bls.gov/ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm unemployment

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm Gross Domestic Product news release

http://www.bea.gov/national/#gdp GDP – click on ‘current-dollar and “real” GDP” link for an excel file

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/Current/default.htm Industrial Production

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/incomestats.html income

http://www.bls.gov/cex/ consumer expenditure survey