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10-K (Annual Report)

Advertising Expenditures

  • Vivvix 360; product, brand, product sector, and other categories by media and market; most recent 8+ years
  • Statista (GALILEO), various expenditure categories, countries, companies; recent
  • Advertising Ratios & Budgets, print; company data
  • Advertising Growth Trends, print; company data

Advisory Loss Cost Level (Property/Casualty Insurance)

Bond Prices, historical

  • Wall Street Journal Historical Full Text, 1889-1991 (ProQuest) (GALILEO), print reproduction; daily
  • CRSP (WRDS); U.S. treasuries, 1925- (monthly), 1961- (daily)

Call Reports (Consolidated Report of Condition and Income)

  • FFIEC Central Data Repository (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council); U.S.; banks and thrifts required to file call reports to the FDIC
  • NCUA (National Credit Union Administration); U.S.; credit unions ('natural person' and 'corporate') required to file call reports to NCUA
  • S & P Capital IQ; U.S.; most banks, thrifts and credit unions (except some uninsured specialty lenders not required to file call reports to the FDIC or NCUA)

Concentration (of Industries)

Consumer Confidence, historical

  • IHS Markit Connect (GALILEO); U.S., other countries; CCI, OECD, national banks

Consumer Price Index (CPI), historical

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S.
  • IHS Markit Connect (GALILEO); U.S., selected countries
  • Statista (GALILEO); U.S., selected countries

Corporate Stock Ownership/Holdings

  • Mergent (GALILEO); recent insider transactions of top executives-individual companies
  • S & P Capital IQ; U.S.; companies (banking, insurance, REITS)
  • Thomson Reuters Ownership Data (WRDS); data on mutual fund, institutional (13f), and insider stock ownership

Credit Ratings (Corporate & Government)

  • FactSet; U.S., current; Moody's, Standard & Poor, Fitch

Earnings Announcements/Estimates

  • S & P Capital IQ; U.S.; companies (banking, insurance, REITS)
  • IBES Guidance (WRDS); U.S.; data from companies and I/B/E/S estimates

Exchange Rates, historical

  • IHS Markit Connect (GALILEO); many countries; dates vary

Futures (Commodity Futures), historical

  • Wall Street Journal Historical Full Text, 1889-1991 (ProQuest) (GALILEO), print reproduction; early 1900s-; irregular to start, later becomes daily

GDP (Gross Domestic Product), historical

  • Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S., 1929-; States, 1963-; Counties (prototype 2012-15)
  • IHS Markit Connect (GALILEO); many countries; dates vary
  • Statista (GALILEO); many countries; dates vary

Gini Coefficient (Gini index, Gini ratio) of Income Inequality

  • IHS Markit Connect (GALILEO); U.S., 1967-
  • World Bank; many countries, reference years vary
  • Statista (GALILEO); selected countries, years vary
  • American Factfinder; U.S. and states, 2006-

Home Sales

  • PolicyMap (GALILEO); estimated single family, condo, mobile home sales and median sales price; only available as map layers; no downloads; U.S. zip code, 2008-
  • Statista (GALILEO); home categories and type of statistic (sales number, average/median price) vary; U.S. and some smaller geographies; years vary 

Initial Public Offering (IPO)

  • Factiva (GALILEO); press releases about IPO registrations
  • Compustat (WRDS); U.S., date of IPO
  • Statista (GALILEO); summary data, selected countries, dates vary

Interest Rates, historical

  • Statista (GALILEO); selected countries and categories

Loss Ratios (Property/Casualty Insurance)

Market Share

  • Market Share Reporter, print; U.S.; current/recent; selected products
  • Mintel Reports (GALILEO); U.S., U.K.; current/recent; selected brands or manufacturers
  • Statista (GALILEO); U.S., selected countries; product categories
  • IBISWorld (GALILEO); U.S.; top manufacturers in specific industries
  • S & P Capital IQ; U.S.; companies (banking, insurance), states, counties, Zip Codes

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

  • Statista (GALILEO); international, summary stats, recent year(s)
  • Factiva (GALILEO); international; press releases
  • PrivCo (GALILEO); U.S.; data on deals of private companies including venture capital
  • SDC Platinum; U.S.; data on deals

Mutual Funds

  • Statista (GALILEO); international, summary stats, recent year(s)
  • Morningstar (GALILEO); U.S.; up to 10 years of data
  • FactSet; U.S.; recent years

P/E ratio (Price/Earnings Ratio)

  • Mergent (GALILEO); current
  • Morningstar (GALILEO); current; forward P/E
  • FactSet (GALILEO); current

 Paid Claim Costs (Property/Casualty Insurance)

Performance Ratios (Industries, Companies)

  • RMA Annual Statement Studies, print; U.S.; selected NAICS industries
  • IBISWorld (GALILEO); U.S.; selected NAICS industries (from RMA)
  • Dun and Bradstreet's Industry Norms and Key Ratios, print; U.S.; selected SIC industries in: agric_mining_commFIREmanufacturingretailingwholesaling
  • Mergent Online (GALILEO); U.S.; up to 15 years; public companies
  • Morningstar (GALILEO); U.S.; up to 10 years; public companies
  • FactSet; U.S.; recent years; public companies

Poverty Threshholds & Guidelines

  • poverty threshholds (for statistical reporting) (Census Bureau)
  • poverty guidelines (for program eligibility) (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, published annually in the Federal Register)

Producer Price Index (PPI), historical

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S.
  • IHS Markit Connect (GALILEO); U.S., selected countries
  • Statista (GALILEO); U.S. and selected countries, summary stats, years vary

R&D Expenditures

  • Statista (GALILEO); countries and sectors vary, summary stats, years vary
  • R&D Ratios & Budgets, print; company & industry data

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS)

  • S & P Capital IQ; U.S.; current & most recent 9 years-; public and private companies & properties including foreign holdings
  • Statista (GALILEO); U.S. and selected countries, summary stats, recent year(s)

Real Estate - Commercial (Office, Industrial)

  • Statista (GALILEO); U.S. and selected countries, summary stats, recent year(s)
  • Newmark Grubb Knight Frank; vacancy rate, net absorption, average rental per square foot; major U.S. markets, most recent year

Real Wages

  • OECDiLibrary (GALILEO); irregular report; recent national average & growth; U.S. & most OECD countries
  • Statista (GALILEO); U.S., summary stats, recent year(s)

Segment Data (Product Yype, geographic)

  • Mintel Reports (GALILEO); U.S., U.K.; product type within consumer markets
  • Statista (GALILEO); U.S.; segment types vary, recent year(s)
  • Mergent (GALILEO); U.S.; some product type, geographic of individual companies
  • IBISWorld (GALILEO); U.S.; some product type within industries
  • 10K reports (Refinitiv Workspace, Mergent, SEC); U.S.; may include geographic segment data

Spot Prices (Commodity Cash Prices), historical

  • IHS Markit Connect (GALILEO); dates vary; data not available for all commodities; frequency varies
  • Wall Street Journal Historical Full Text, 1889-1991 (Proquest) (GALILEO), print reproduction; irregular
  • Statista (GALILEO); U.S., categories vary, recent year(s)

Stock Prices (Equity Prices), historical

  • Wall Street Journal Historical Full Text, 1889-1991 (Proquest) (GALILEO), print reproduction; daily
  • CRSP (WRDS); U.S., NYSE 1925-, NYSE MKT (AMEX) 1962-, NASDAQ 1972-; daily, monthly

Supply Chain (aka Value Chain) Data, current

  • FactSet; U.S. public companies

Trade Balance, historical

  • IHS Markit Connect (GALILEO); dates vary; U.S., selected countries
  • Statista (GALILEO); U.S., summary stats, years vary

Census Bureau Web Site

The Census Bureau web site contains many statistical reports and databases on demographics, housing, income, education, and other social characteristics; business, economics, trade; map resources. Time coverage is mainly recent but also some historical. Geographic coverage varies with each data product from nation through states, counties, cities, metropolitan areas, census tracts and census blocks. Reference access includes "Subjects A to Z", a browsable subject index.