Balance of Payment Statistics Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: International
Monetary Fund. Annual, in two parts, with monthly supplements.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF1014 .B285)
Part 1 lists balance of payment statistics, in terms of SDRs, for up to 140 countries. Accounts covered include the current account, the trade account, direct investment, short-term capital, and changes in reserves. Part 2 presents similar data for various areas of the world. Indexed in Index to International Statistics / Lexis Nexis Statistical.
CRB Commodity Year Book. New York: Commodity Research Bureau.
Annual.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC14 .C6) Latest five years
LOCATION: Morris Library (HC14 .C6) Earlier eds
Over 90 commodities, from alcohol to manganese to zinc, are listed. Output and price tables accompany the text along with a variety of other tables. Most data are presented monthly for up to ten years. Indexed in Index to International Statistics.
Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs. Annual.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HA17 .D45)
Presents statistics such as population, birth rates, marriage rates, divorce rates, mortality rates, and migration for all countries of the world. Each yearbook also covers a special topic in great detail.
De Vries, Mary Ann. Internationally Yours: Writing and Communicating Successfully
in Today's Global Marketplace. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1994.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF5721 .D353 1994)
A guide for proper business or commercial correspondence. Provides tips on writing winning business letters that integrate international differences.
Direction of Trade Statistics. Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund. Monthly with annual Yearbook.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HG1 .D56)
Lists exports and imports, in millions of dollars, for 135 countries monthly and 161 countries annually. Covers not only trading partners but trading areas as well.
European Marketing Data and Statistics. London: Euromonitor Publications
Limited. Annual.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC240 .E87)
Covers over 30 countries of Western and Eastern Europe, including Russia. Statistics include country profiles, population, employment, production, trade, market sizes, retailing, consumer spending patterns, advertising patterns, etc.
George, Robert Lloyd. The Handbook of Emerging Markets: A Country-by-Country
Guide to the World's Fastest Growing Economies. Chicago, Ill.: Probus Pub.,
1994.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HG5993 .G46x 1994)
An introduction to the emerging markets, covering East Asia; South Asia; Latin America; the Mediterranean and North Africa; Africa, Russia and Eastern Europe; and other emerging markets. Provides information about the general investments climate on stocks and other securities.
International Financial Statistics. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund. Monthly with annual Yearbook.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HG1 .I58)
Covering 144 countries, this source lists statistics with respect to exchange rates, fund accounts, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, employment, government finance, and national accounts. Indexed in Index to International Statistics.
International Marketing Data and Statistics. London: Euromonitor Publications Limited. Annual.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HA42 .I56)
Companion to the preceding publication. Covers over 150 countries in 15 regional
groupings, including the U.S. and Canada.
Pagell, Ruth A. International Business Information: How to Find It, How to Use It
. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1994.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HF54.5 .P33 1994)
A guide on how to find information on international business. It is organized by
type of information needs. Includes bibliography.
Statistical Yearbook / Annuaire Statistique. New York: United Nations, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs. Annual.
LOCATION : Morris Library - Reference (Ref HA12.5 .U63)
Presents wide variety of statistics for UN member countries and the world. Tables list statistics for population, unemployment, gross domestic product, wages, prices, per capita consumption, government receipts and spending, balance of payments, exchange rates, money supply, education, agricultural production, mining fishing, manufacturing, energy, construction, and transport.
World Currency Yearbook. Brooklyn: International Currency Analysis, Inc.
Annual.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HG219 .P5)
Describes over 140 currencies, giving brief history, status of transferability, and recent developments. Official and black market exchange rates are given for five year period. Includes black and white pictures of currencies.
World Economic Outlook. Washington, D.C.: International Monetary Fund.
Biannual.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HB3730 .W675)
Discusses recent economic developments and makes projections of economic activity for various countries. Accompanying tables list past results and projections for the short term of output,inflation, financial policies, foreign trade, and balance payments accounts. Indexed in Index to International Statistics.
World Economic Survey. New York: United Nations, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs. Annual.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref HC59 .A1U54)
Contains analyses of current problems and future prospects for the world's economy. Each chapter has many charts, tables, and figures relating to trade, debt, interest rates, etc. Indexed in Index to International Statistics.
World Tables. Baltimore, MD: The World Bank, Johns Hopkins University
Press. Annual.
LOCATION: Morris Library: HC59 .W669
Tables for each country list twenty years of economic data such as GNP, per capita GNP, money supply, government deficit, foreign trade, balance of payments, and international debt. The first set of tables list similar data by regional groupings. Indexed in Index to International Statistics..
Electronic/Online Sources
National Trade DataBank (NTDB). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration. Monthly.
LOCATION: Library Databases via STAT-USA
Electronic database containing full text of many reports and statistical data relating to exporting, foreign countries, export contacts, market/product information, and foreign investment opportunities.
The Export Yellow Pages is a public-private partnership of Global Publishers LLC and the U.S. Department of Commerce. It provides referral services for the business communities and exporters.
Global Edge
LOCATION: Internet (http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp)
Provided by Michigan State University Center for International Business Education and Research. This site provides excellent links to many international business resources such as the International Trade Leads and other resources in the field.
The International Trade Administration provides assistance and encouragement to U.S. exporters in accessing foreign markets for products. This sites provides information on most of the ITA's programes and services.
This is the official government web site of US Department of Commerce-Bureau of Export Administration. The Bureau has control over most of the regulated exports, and the sites provides useful information on international business issues.
Euromonitor Market Research and Datamonitor Market Research.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Computerized service by request at Reference Desk
DIALOG Files 762 and 761. A good source for market reports covering all of Europe on consumer products, chemicals, software, telecommunications, health care, and finance. Expensive databases; should be considered as a last option.
TextLine files.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Computerized service by request at Reference Desk
DIALOG Files 772, 773, 774, etc. (a total of six DIALOG files organized by
geographic region and publication type). TextLine is a leading information
database covering the global business environment. It contains news and editorials
from international and regional newspapers, magazines, trade journals and
newswires. It covers both the business and public policy issues impacting
on business decisions.
TradeLine International/Trade Line.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Computerized service by request at Reference Desk
This is a menu driven file on DIALOG for information on dividends, securities, capitalization, currency exchange rate and many other corporate and industrial data.
Indexes and abstracts of statistical publications issued by the federal government, state governments, private publishers, and international and intergovernmental organizations. Statistical Universe includes hypertext links to agency web sites and to the full text of the publication, if the agency has made it available. It is the equivalent to the print indexes American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), and Index to International Statistics (IIS), located in the Reference Room. It also includes hypertext links to agency web sites and to the full text of the publication, if the agency has made it available.
Mainly for statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Includes some international statistics as well.
Fedstats
LOCATION: Internet (http://www.fedstats.gov/)
More than 100 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use. Includes a browse by topic section called FedStats: A to Z.
