Business and Economics: Websites

BEOnline - Internet resources on all aspects of business and economics, provided by the Science, Technology & Business Division, Library of Congress.

Business Reference Services - provided by the Science, Technology & Business Division, Library of Congress.

Data.gov - "...the home of the U.S. Government's Open data..." provides access to Federal datasets.

Knowledge@Wharton - an online business analysis journal from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

OECD Stat - (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)

Planet Money: The Economy Explained - from National Public Radio (NPR).

Resources: Browse hundreds of resources for economists  - from the American Economic Association.

SCORE -  a network of volunteer business mentors.

FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Reserve Data - For the "prime rate," see the Selected Interest Rates" table. There is also a useful table of foreign exchange rates comparing currency units of many different countries to the U.S. dollar. This information is helpful when evaluating the investment portfolio of a company.

Federal Trade Commission

International Financial Statistics, from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Exchange Rates, by Country  Select a country using drop-down arrow. Choose Domestic Currency (other country's currency) per U.S. Dollar, either by "end of period" or by "period average."

State of New Jersey, Department of Labor and Workforce Development:

• Demand Occupations List
• NJ Labor Market Views

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:

• New York/New Jersey Region  - See Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region 
• United States Economy at a Glance
• Producer Price Index - The PPI is a family of indexes that measures the average change over time in selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services (in contrast to the "Consumer" Price Index.

U.S. Census Bureau:

• Business and Economy
• Economic Indicators

U.S. Congressional Budget Office:

• Economy

U.S. Department of Commerce:

• Bureau of Economic Analysis

U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division

U.S. Department of Labor - See Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) above.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - EDGAR  is the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system for submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It is a searchable database.

U.S. Small Business Administration

USA.Gov- Small Business

The World Bank -  The World Bank is an organization owned by member governments.  For free and open access to development data, click World Bank Open Data.