Corporate Histories:
International Directory
of Company Histories
Accurate and detailed information on the historical development of 1250 of
the world's largest and most influential companies is furnished.
Encyclopedia of American Business History and Biography
Coverage in these volumes
includes the following industries: airline, automobile, banking and finance,
iron and steel, and railroads. Information is provided on company histories
and biographies of leaders in the listed industries.
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Demographic Information:
American Marketplace
Trends in population, households, income, spending, labor force, education,
health and attitude are provided with an introduction to each trend, tables,
and charts.
America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-being (now online)
Indicators
of well-being statistically measured in United States Children.
America's Top Rated
Cities: A Statistical Handbook
Data on the
62 best cities for business and living in the United States provides information
on the cost of living, housing, health care, education, public safety, taxes,
employment, utilities, hotels and motels, climate, etc. are provided (also available as an electronic book)
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Economic Conditions:
CPI Detailed Report
This report (now online) looks at the consumer price index from many different aspects
- by region, by population classes, etc.
Economic Indicators
Total output, employment, production and business activity, prices, money,
credit and security markets, federal finance and international statistics
are supplied. (now online)
Economic Indicators
Handbook: Time Series, Conversions, Documentation
Gross national product, gross domestic product, business cycle indicators,
cyclic indicators, economic series, consumer price index by selected city,
producer price index, and selected stock market price indexes.
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Financial Ratios:
Almanac of Business
and Industrial Financial Ratios
Over 150 industries and services are profiled. One table provides operating
and financial information for all corporations, while another table provides
the same information but for corporations with net income.
Also available on Lexis/Nexis online.
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General Industry Information:
Business Statistics
of the United States
The U.S. economy: gross domestic product (GDP),
consumer income and spending, industrial production, sales and inventories,
prices, employment, international comparisons and foreign trade are provided
along with statistics on industry profiles.
North American Industry
Classification System, United States
This volume lists North American industrial classification (NAICS) codes
(which replaces the SIC codes) for all fields of economic activity.
Standard Industrial Classification Manual
This volume lists standard
industrial classification (SIC) codes for all fields of economic activity.
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Statistics:
Business Statistics
of the United States (available as an electronic book)
This volume contains over 2,000 economic time series "covering virtually
every aspect of the US economy, including GDP, employment, production, prices,
productivity, international trade, money supply and interest rates."
It also contains statistical profiles of each major industry group.
Survey of Current
Business
Statistical material on prices, foreign trade, commodities, industries, etc.
is provided (more current issues available online).
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