Banking, Banks and Credit Unions

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U.S. Information

• EDGAR Database of Corporate Information from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The EDGAR database contains corporate filings submitted to the Commission.
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) offers a wide array of information including:
• FDIC Institution Directory contains demographic data and financial profiles of each FDIC-insured depository institution derived from quarterly reports filed with Federal regulators.
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System  offers a wide range of information, including:
  • Community Reinvestment Act Database "The Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods." The database includes bank ratings and performance evaluations.
  • Federal Reserve Districts and Banks
  • Fed In Print: an index to Federal Reserve economic research The index includes both complete bibliographic citation and a link to an electronic version if available. Indexes publications 1985 - present.
  • Beige Book: Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has extensive data: Economic Indicators, Financial Markets, General Publications, Monetary Policy (Beige Books), Papers and Texts Periodicals, and links to other Federal Reserve sites. 
  • Economic Data - FRED Provides historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates. Sponsored by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. 
• NCUA: National Credit Union Administration an independent federal agency that supervises and insures federal and state-chartered credit unions. Credit Union Data Detailed data on individual institutions and tool for data comparison.

• International Monetary Fund organization "working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty." For statistics from this group see International Financial Statistics CU
• SourceOECD Bank Profitability Statistics CU view bank profitability statistics for OECD member countries.
• World Bank a international development bank. For access to online publications, please see World Bank E-Library CU. For access to selected statistics from the World Bank, see World Development Indicators CU.

• American Bankers Association
• Locating Company Information on the Internet

• Banking Resources from the Business Library
• Business and Economic Information
• Debt and Budget Information