Research Guides: Banking and Finance: Commodities, Company Financials, Statistics Sources

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World Bank – Finance & Financial Sector Development News Feed

Set up RSS feeds from World Bank by Region (6), Country, Industry & Product Research i.e., Agriculture, Energy, Finance and Financial Sector Development.

Commodities

Today's Markets – A Global View from FT

See "News" on stocks & trends and IPOs

"Opinion & Analysis" on finance

"Recommended" for varied market news including cryptocurrencies, volatility, Chinese business & more, as it happens.

Financial Times lists Commodities under the main menu bar of Markets
Sign up 1st time on FT with network ID/Department/status, from Management folder of Research Databases.
- Get the app, then simply login via SSO or VPN at ft.com (either mobile or on computer) Create folders to 'watch' topics, read later.

Economic Indicators & Statistical Sources (government & licensed resources):

Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Consumer Price Index, from Department of Labor: summary, historical, US City averages. Announcements, tables.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Gross Domestic Product, GDP from Bureau of Economic Advisors
World Economic Outlook
World Economic Outlook, from International Monetary Fund IFM. Exchange rate, financial & economic indicators for countries around the world; reports & analysis on global economic issues for major country groups and individual countries. Updated twice a year.
World Bank

Financial Times
The premier international newspaper with global focus on business, economic news, companies, markets, technology, finance, commodities, life & arts, and more. Respected opinion columnists. Customized features (fast FT, Equities tear sheets with forecasts + historical data, personal folders) and the pink ePaper for traditional reading. Mobile app & newsletters available.

Create an account with your CWRU Net ID for full access. Once you have created an account, navigate directly to ft.com for future access.
Sage Data
This resource provides tools to dynamically compare and manipulate tens of millions of statistical data series available in the Data-Planet repository. The interactive database allows users to create tables, maps, and figures from a variety data sources covering banking, criminal justice, education, energy, food and agriculture, government, health, housing and construction, industry and commerce, labor and employment, natural resources and environment, income, cost of living, stocks, transportation, and more. Data holdings for the United States are significant with some data available at state, county, or local geographies. International data, available at the country level, include population, food and agriculture, labor, trade, and more. Data are organized by subject and source.
Statista
Categorized into market sectors, Statista provides access to statistical data and comparisons for an eclectic, wide-ranging, and continually updated array of topics, using both publicly accessible and proprietary sources. About 20 percent of the total data in Statista comes from sources available free online, such as the World Bank and the U.S. Census. But the data also includes numerous other exclusive sources including industry, marketing, and trade groups. The chief types of data are related to marketing, demographics, and government information.

FT Special Feature: Company charts, financials, forecasts, historical prices

Use Search tool on FT's main page, for a large traded company

On the next page look for & select the company name hyperlink

Resulting news page has top menu bar for company "Markets Data Summary" Select right-side link: "More detailed markets data for [ticker symbol]"

Market chart display has 7-tab option to change data & display for charts, profile, directors/dealings, financials, forecasts, & historical prices. Each tab displays a variety of charts, texts& data in graphic images & quick-text boxes
Note the "View More" links on any section-header, also the chart sub-headings, for expanded information & data
"Summary" tab on chart "Comparisons" link: chart up to 3 more companies' performance against your 1st company, for days, months, years

Financial Times
The premier international newspaper with global focus on business, economic news, companies, markets, technology, finance, commodities, life & arts, and more. Respected opinion columnists. Customized features (fast FT, Equities tear sheets with forecasts + historical data, personal folders) and the pink ePaper for traditional reading. Mobile app & newsletters available.

Create an account with your CWRU Net ID for full access. Once you have created an account, navigate directly to ft.com for future access.

Company Financials

KSL has rich company resources for you to get either a quick profile of a company's financials or 15-30 years of company financials, M&A, and venture capital (PrivCo). You can even create a fast stock chart comparing several companies' stock data against each other and their index, for up to 10 years' of data.

Mergent Online
Deep financials with customized search & export report features for company data, economic research, and supply chain (Horizon tab). Create index, exchange lists, and data elements. Includes U.S. & global, active/inactive, public & private company & data, executive information, annual reports, filings, and industry & equity reports. Includes robust Report Builder and create list functions.
Intellect (Mergent) (Use VPN for off-campus access)
Hoover's text, D&B data, DUNS# for US public, and US, Canada, global private companies. Company Brief shows Market Drivers, Competitors, Media Trends, trusted news feeds. Get Product names, family tree & subsidiaries, download full or custom reports. Options on main menu for brief or detailed information.
PrivCo
PrivCo allows users to search for privately-held companies across a global, cross-sector platform. Users can identify key metrics like revenues, employees, funding, and deals through a single interface.

Video: 30-Second Brief Description

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