Managerial Economics

Ivan Png
 

Table of contents

Study guide

Resource site for instructors

Cases

Data sources

Errata

Recent adoptions

This guide provides links to sources that the author has found to be particularly useful.  It is not exhaustive.
 

Global Economics and Finance

Portals including Yahoo! and Google and newspapers such as the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal provide stock, bond, commodities, and derivatives prices, exchange rates, interest rates, and other financial information. 

The following sources provide current and historical data.

• General.  The World Bank provides a wide range of data, including primary commodity prices, exchange rates, interest rates, and statistics on income, education, nutrition, and other variables relevant to economic and human development.  The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development focuses on developed economies.  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) focuses on developing countries.

• Exchange rates.  Professor Werner Antweiler of the University of British Columbia provides the PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service, a comprehensive source for exchange rates on daily and monthly basis.

• Trade. World Trade Organization.

Industries  

The following are useful sources for data on particular markets:

• Agriculture.  United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

• Energy.  International Energy Agency and BP Statistical Review of World Energy

• Telecommunications.  International Telecommunication Union.

• Transportation: Air.  International Air Transport Association.

• Transportation: Maritime. Platou Report.

Individual Countries

A good starting point for general demographic, economic, financial, and social data of any country is the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook.

United States

A comprehensive source of general demographic, economic, financial, and social data of the United States is Fedstats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics.  For a selection, see the Statistical Abstract of the United States.   Specialized sources worth highlighting are:

• Macroeconomics and finance.  The Economic Report of the President is published annually by the President’s Council of Economic Advisors.  It reviews the economy and analyzes current government policy.

• Money, banking, and finance. Federal Reserve Board.

• Labor markets and cost of living. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• Energy.  U.S. Energy Information Administration.

• Transportation.  U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Every company listed on a U.S. stock exchange must file annual and quarterly reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  These reports are available through the Commission’s EDGAR Database.  Corporate data is also available through Yahoo and other financial portals.