Recommended Resources
- Global Financial Data This link opens in a new window
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Includes historical financial data dating back to 1265. Includes datasets in 10 topics: Asset Allocation, Commodities, Economic, Equity, Exchange Rates, Fixed Income, Development, Government and Debt, International Trade, and National Accounts. NOTE: You will need to set up a personal account and log in using your Carleton email address in order to access.
- Call ReportsThe FFIEC Central Data Repository's Public Data Distribution web site. Through this site you can obtain Reports of Condition and Income (Call Reports) and Uniform Bank Performance Reports (UBPRs) for most FDIC-insured institutions.
- Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data (CFPB)The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) requires many financial institutions to maintain, report, and publicly disclose loan-level information about mortgages. These data help show whether lenders are serving the housing needs of their communities; they give public officials information that helps them make decisions and policies; and they shed light on lending patterns that could be discriminatory. The public data are modified to protect applicant and borrower privacy.
Limits of Carleton's Collections
Those of you researching financial topics will quickly run up against the limits of Carleton's collections. There is some possibility to take advantage of collaborations with nearby institutions such as the University of Minnesota and the James J. Hill Library in St. Paul. However, even so, many financial resources have very restrictive licenses which strictly limit them to members of the institution where they are housed. Sometimes you even have to be a current student registered in a business class. The following commonly cited resources are not available to you through Carleton. Contact Sean about potential other means for accessing resources like these.
- Bloomberg
- Compustat
- CRSP and other WRDS datasets
- Datastream
- Thomson Financial
