Statistical Sites on the Worldwide Web: Hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor, this site provides a convenient starting point to locate statistical agencies around the world.

Financial Data Finder You can search this site for web sites used by researchers in the fields of economics and finance.

Yahoo Finance
Contains stock quotes, up to date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, message boards, and mortgage rates. A good source to use to look up ticker symbols.

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), a database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series.

FRASER When used in connection with data contained in FRED ® (Federal Reserve Economic Data), FRASER® allows the researcher to create uninterrupted data series by accessing sources previously available only in printed form and those currently available electronically (on FRED ®).

Bank of Canada Financial Statistics Data on interest rates, exchange rates, money market yields, inflation and more. Information is updated weekly at Bank of Canada Weekly Financial Statistics.

Oanda.com The currency site provides currency and foreign exchange rates to investor’s travelers and online businesses. Includes Currency Conversion and Localization, Decision Support Tools for Institutional Investors and Currency Markets Transactions Services

XE A foreign exchange rate calculator that is up-to-date.

http://www.bondmarkets.com/ Hosted by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) See especially “Statistical Tables” among their “Most Popular Pages”.

Bloomberg Rates and Bonds Includes key rates, mortgage rates, U.S. treasuries, municipal bonds, and related news.

EDGAR This SEC site begins 1994 and provides public filings by U.S. corporations.

Census Bureau – The U.S. Census Bureau provides a wide range of resources and information on business statistics derived from census data.

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics Several free resources pertaining to business and economics are available here.

Federal Reserve Board Statistics: Releases & Historical Data

OECD Statistics

World Bank Data

• Alltop


• Animoto


• Answers


• AOL


• Ask


• BlogCatalog


• Blogger


• BlogTalkRadio


• BrightFuse


• Digg


• Ecademy


• EzineArticles


• Facebook


• Flickr


• Go2Web20


• Google


• Hulu


• Konnects


• LinkedIn


• Meetup


• Metacafe


• MySpace


• Naymz


• Ning


• Photobucket


• Plaxo


• Podcast


• RedWire


• Skype


• Slideshare


• Squidoo


• StumbleUpon


• Tagged


• Technorati


• Twitter


• Wikipedia


• WordPress


• Yelp


• YouTube

NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks provides a systematic introduction to the world's most prominent and innovative public policy research institutes, better known as think tanks. This completely revised edition contains up-to-date information available on 320 specially selected think tanks from 77 countries and regions. It also provides a convenient index of institutes by English names, acronyms and non-English names. This directory is an unusually detailed collection of carefully compiled information on public policy research institutes worldwide.

The work of IGOs involve every human endeavor. IGO publications are important for researchers of current events, economics, history, humanitarian issues, international studies, and the political and social sciences. IGOs invest money and resources in their programs. Documents and publications provide information about these programs, and promote transparency in regard to the way the IGO uses its resources.

An extensive but not exhaustive database of some of the large and  influential NGOs operating internationally.

A detailed list of of social science sites with links to international professional associations in social sciences, including affiliated international institutions.

General Dictionaries, Language Dictionaries, Indices to Dictionaries, and Thesauri.