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U.S. Information

• EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
  EDGAR, from the Securities and Exchange Commission, contains corporate filings submitted to the Commission.
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  This web site offers a wide array of information, including
• FDIC Institution Directory
  This contains demographic data and financial profiles of each FDIC-insured depository institution derived from quarterly reports filed with federal regulators.
• Federal Reserve System: Board of Governors
  This site offers a wide range of information, including
  • Community Reinvestment Act Database
    "The Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods." The database has bank ratings and performance evaluations.
  • Federal Reserve Districts and Banks
  • Fed In Print: An index to Federal Reserve economic research
    This site includes both complete bibliographic citation and a link to an electronic version if available. Indexes publications from 1985 to present.
  • Beige Book
    This book summarizes information economic conditions in each Federal Reserve district.
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
    This bank has extensive data: Economic Indicators, Financial Markets, General Publications, Monetary Policy (Beige Books), Papers and Texts Periodicals, and links to other Federal Reserve sites. 
  • Economic Data - FRED
    This site provides historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates. Sponsored by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. 
• NCUA: National Credit Union Administration
  NCUA is an independent federal agency that supervises and insures federal and state-chartered credit unions. It features detailed data on individual institutions and a tool for data comparison.

• International Monetary Fund
  This organization is "working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty." For statistics from this group see International Financial Statistics CU
• World Bank
  The World Bank is an international development bank. For access to online publications, please see World Bank E-Library CU. For access to selected statistics from the World Bank, see World DataBank.

• American Bankers Association
• Locating Company Information on the Internet

• Banking Resources from the Business Library
• Business and Economic Information
• Debt and Budget Information