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Banking and Finance

ABI World
- Quarterly and annual bankruptcy statistics by judicial district (total, business, non-business) since 1990
- Press releases, legislative news, and selected articles
Bank for International Settlements
- Full text of selected conference, economic and working papers on international banking
- Full text of its quarterly International Banking and Financial Market Developments since Fall 1996 with numerous statistical tables
- Publications require Adobe Acrobat to view and files may be very large
- Links to national banks with web sites
Central Banks of the World
- Links to national banks arranged by country
- Most central bank web sites provide monetary and economic statistics
Condition and Income Data Base (FRB-Chicago)
- Financial data for all banks regulated by the Federal Reserve System, Federal Depository Insurance Corporation, and Comptroller of the Currency
- Merger and acquisition data since 1985 and income data since 1989 for individual banks
- Data in zipped format for use with SAS and/or ASCII delimited spreadsheets
- Description in Word or Word Perfect format
Eco5 (European Business School)
- Excellent source for time series of financial data (stock market, exchange rates, GDP, interest rates)
- Covers primarily the U.S., U.K., Japan, Germany and France but other countries represented as well
- Some data begins with the 19th Century
Economic Time Series (Ted Bos)
- Banking and finance data on a monthly or quarterly basis beginning with the 1940s
- Money supply, savings deposits and ratios, treasury bill rates, loans, disposable personal income
- ASCII format but some data can be manipulated or charted
External Debt
- Country data on external debt and flow of funds for past 3-5 reporting quarters
- Available in various formats
- Joint project of the OECD and World Bank Group
European Central Bank
- Banking laws in the European Union
- Current interest rates, money market funds, exchange rates and government financial information
- Links to the national banks in the European Union
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- National and state statistics on commercial and savings institutions beginning 1934
- National data on bank closings
- Current summaries on deposits in insured banks
Federal Reserve Board (U.S.)
- Weekly and monthly press releases on foreign exchange rates, industrial production, consumer credit, flow of funds, bank assets
- Archived beginning June 1996
- Beige Book
  - Monthly textual summary of agriculture, banking, consumer spending, employment, manufacturing and prices
  - National and regional data
FedStats
- Comprehensive listing to statistical programs of over 70 federal government agencies
- Arranged by agency or program; includes explanatory material and contacts
- Search engine indexes individual statistical tables by keyword or agency and provides direct connection
FinanceNet
- Notices of public asset sales by federal, state, local, and international governments
- Links to auditing, economic and financial sources
- Job information
Financial Data Finder (Ohio State)
- Extensive annotated links to financial data links, including the stock market, bonds, bankruptcy
- United States and selected foreign sources
- Some available free and others by subscription
Financial Times
- Today's financial news from around the world
- Current world stock market report
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (FRB)
- Approval and denial rates of individual banks for new mortgages, home improvements, and refinancing
- Metropolitan area data provides aggregates for all banks by race, gender, income of applicant, metropolitan area and census tract
- Disclosure data by bank provides all applications and rejections by race, gender, income, and type of loan
- Geographic coding feature
  - Type in address to obtain state, metro area, county, and census tract number
  - Links to 1990 Census data about tract (median income, minority population, age of homes, single v. multiple)
  - Projections of current income by tract
National Information Center of Banking Information (FRB)
- Balance sheets, income, loans, securities, and debits of U.S. banks
- Arranged numerically by the top 100 banks and also searchable
Rate Net
- Ranking service of banks and credit units by consumer interest rates
- Choose category: credit cards, CDs, auto and equity loans, mortgage loans, savings interest
- Then choose state and metropolitan area
- Lists current rates of surveyed institutions and the best rates
Stockfever
- Monitors trends in the Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P500 on a minute, daily, weekly, and monthly basis
- Rates the top mutual funds
- Analysis of company stocks on the NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX with market trends and links to the EDGAR reports

Foreign Exchange Rates

Oanda Currency Converter
- Convert 164 currencies into one of 164 other currencies
- Exchange rates back to January 1, 1990
Personal Currency Assistant
- Pop up box converts currency between countries
- Rates updated every minute
Universal Currency Converter (Xenon Laboratories)
- User-friendly interface for converting the currency of approximately 50 countries to the currency of approximately 50 other countries
- Rates are updated at least daily
See also Mortgage Calculators

Foreign Investment

Foreign Direct Investment Database (UNCTAD)
- Inflows and outflows of investment and stock by country group or country
- Does not cover data from one country to a specific other country
- Mergers and acquisitions, and taxation treaties
- Annual data since 1970
- Use high level Internet Explorer browser
- After complimentary registration, use the tree beginning with All Reports/Public Reports
- The 20/20 browser (indicator, country, year) appears on the lefthand side of the screen at lowest choice level
World Investment Directory (UNCTAD)
- Country data on inward and outward foreign investment in general
- Foreign investment and stock investment in the country
- Largest multinational corporations investing in the country
- Web version in pdf; covers developed and central/eastern Europe for the 1990's
- Print version available in Graduate Library (HG 4538.W671) covers additional world regions
U.S. International Transactions Databases (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
- Series of eleven data bases detailing U.S. stock, bond, and other foreign investments abroad and similar data on foreign investment in the U.S.
- Annual or quarterly time series since 1982
- Data may be downloaded in csv format

Personal Finance

Annual Credit Report
- Consumers can apply online for their credit rating
- Available for Western states on 12/1/04 with rollout for Midwest on 3/1/05, South on 6/1/05, and East on 9/1/05
- Sponsored by Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian
Easy Unit Converters
- Calculators on home and auto loans, financial goals, depreciation, retirement, etc.
Gay Financial Network
- Article on financial news, planning, mortgages, banking, on-line trading
- Various financial calculators
Insurance
- Insurance Industry Ratings
  - Rates life, health, property, and casualty insurance companies by their claims-paying records
  - Uses Standard and Poor's and Duff/Phelps information
  - Section of the Insurance News web site
- Yahoo Insurance
  - Calculate average rates for auto, health, and property insurance in state
  - Calculations include a variety of personal characteristics, and, for automobiles, details by type of car
Kiplinger Online
- Current articles on personal finance, including retirement and children
- Current stock quotes
- A series of calculators on saving for a car, house, or education; the effect of interest rates, becoming a millionaire
Money-Rates
- Current rates (within week) for treasury bonds, checking and savings accounts, CDs, credit cards, and other personal investments
Mutual Fund Calculator (SEC)
- Calculate cost of mutual funds with an upfront "load" versus those with yearly expenses
Rate Net
- Ranking service of banks and credit units by consumer interest rates
- Choose category: credit cards, CDs, auto and equity loans, mortgage loans, savings interest
- Then choose state and metropolitan area
- Lists current rates of surveyed institutions and the best rates
Savings Bonds Redemption Calculator (FRB)
- Choose type of bond (Series E, EE, or S), face value and date purchased
- Provides redemption value by month for a year of choice
See also Mortgage Calculators

Price Converters

Cost-of-Living Calculator (NewsEngin)
Inflation Calculator (Morgan Friedman)
- Insert money amount; choose beginning year and ending year between 1800 and 1998
- Shows value of money both ways
MFS Consumer Price Inflator/Deflator
- Calculate the cost of any item between 1925 and 1995 at another year within that span
- Calculate the future cost of an item based on a user-determined percentage and date
What is the Dollar Worth? (FRB-Mpls)
- Annual consumer price index since 1913
- Calculate value of dollar between any given year

Stock Market

Bloomberg Online
- Current stock market indicators, treasury yield curves and exchange rates
- Best and worst mutual funds
- Personal calculators
Commodity Futures and Financial Market Charts
- Daily, weekly, and monthly price charts for various grains and meat, energy sources, and metals
- History of the commodities market and a definition of terms
Dow Jones.Com
- Current business and market news
- Stock quotes
- Some articles require a fee but headlines free
Emerging Markets Data Base (International Finance Corporation)
- Daily, weekly and monthly stock prices in 51 developing nations
- Sold to Standard and Poor's in 2000
- Available on the Bloomberg databases located in the Business Administration Library
Financial Data Finder (Ohio State)
- Extensive annotated links to financial data links, including the stock market, bonds, bankruptcy
- United States and selected foreign sources
- Some available free and others by subscription
Financial Times
- Today's financial news from around the world
- Current world stock market report
Fortune 500
- Revenues, earnings, employees, stock price returns, and current stock prices for the top 500 U.S. companies
- Searchable by rank, company name, industry, and CEO
- A separate index for the Global 500
Global Investor Directory
- Annotated links to news and market information globally, by region and by individual country
- Extensive section of online calculators (bond interest, yields, commissions, what if...?)
Morningstar Net
- Select type of stock or mutual fund and type of yield
- Lists individual funds meeting the category
NASDAQ
- Current stock market rates on the NASDAQ
- How to invest and diversify a portfolio
- Glossary of stock market terms
StreetEYE (Wall Street Journal)
- Stock market data, information on personal investment, links to commercial financial institutions
- Government section includes general economic indicators (e.g. industrial production) as well as financial data world-wide
Stock Market Web Sites
- American Stock Exchange
- Chicago Board of Trade
- NASDAQ
- New York Board of Trade
- New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street Research Net
- Over 190,000 links with tips for the professional and private investor
- Companies on the financial markets with links to stock history, SEC filings, company newsletters; searchable by keyword
- Daily stock quotes; links to domestic and foreign markets
- Calendar of federal economic releases and links to federal economic web sites
- Business newspapers and periodicals

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University of Michigan Library
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