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Banking: Banking
Purpose of Research Guide
This guide curates research and information sources for business. Use the side menu to navigate to relevant sources.
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Databases
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Business Source PremierCovers scholarly articles for all business subjects: marketing, management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. Also includes financial data, MarketLine company profiles, Harvard Business Review articles, SWOT analyses, and more.
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Nexis UniCovers general, regional, and international news, company and financial information, legal information (including law reviews, case law and legal rulings), and other topics such as biographical information. Many files are full-text.
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FactivaContains major global newspapers, business newspapers and magazines, trade and industry journals, prominent newswires, and network broadcast transcripts. In the Companies/Markets tab, there are global company reports, limited industry reports, and market data. The results pages allow robust filtering, and there is live chat help.
Note: 5 Concurrent User Limit
Industry Statistics
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Federal ReserveProvides selected interest rates, including the Bank Prime Rate.
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Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary BaseProvides current and historical release data from the Federal Reserve.
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Money Stock and Debt MeasuresProvides current and historical release data from the Federal Reserve.
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FREDFRED monitors the economic and financial literature and produces research in the areas of money and banking, macroeconomics, and international and regional economics.
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Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)Reports monthly interest rates; provides information about the Federal Home Loan Bank System.
Banking Associations
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American Bankers AssociationProvides banking industry and economics news, surveys, and statistics.
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Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA)Represents the community banking industry.
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Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)Provides industry, mortgage, and economics new and statistics for the real estate finance industry.
Banking Directories
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FDIC Bank Data StatisticsProvides comprehensive financial & structural information about every FDIC-insured institution.
Banking Law
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Cornell University's Legal Information InstituteContains recent Supreme Court decisions, as well as U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) dealing with banking law.
