THE REFERENCE DESK · SOURCES
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Explore the public references and research resources collected for our 28 financial topics. Article citations identify the particular releases used in a report; this directory provides a wider starting point.
Written by American Business Capital Group · Catalog compiled 2026-10-06 · Expanded 2026-10-07 · Data timing & update policy →
Expanded from the combined source catalog on October 7, 2026: all six sheets and the 11 linked Gemini conversations were reconciled with the directory. Coverage of the 28 original Financial Markets chats was reviewed on October 6. Research-use descriptions reflect the collected source catalog; each entry separately identifies its review status.
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- All references
- 4,897
- Financial references
- 2,405
- General research directory
- 2,492
Financial references include topic-guide sources, research sources and earlier citations. A reviewed status applies to the selected page and stated scope; it does not verify every claim or make its data current. Recorded references have not been independently reviewed for this catalog; historical references retain their stated period. General directory entries are research tools. A topic association is a research connection, not a claim of specialist coverage.
47 matching references · Showing 1–47
- https://www.balticexchange.com/en/data-services/market-information0/indices.html
balticexchange.com — recorded reference (opens in a new tab)
Selected page reviewedResearch use: Shipping assessment and index definitions covering dry bulk, tankers, gas and other freight markets, including the Baltic Dry Index. Individual routes retain their assessment units.
Also listed as: Baltic Exchange · Baltic Dry Index · BDI
- Shipping and freight
- Commodities
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Earlier recorded reference · Research source
Geopolitics & Trade Policy · Avoiding Financial Calamity · Commodities
Official Baltic Exchange page identifies the Baltic Dry Index and its dry-bulk components, plus assessment units and route definitions. This verifies identity and research relevance, not a right to redistribute live quotations.
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- https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/financial-policy-committee-record/2026/september-2026
Bank of England FPC record, September 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceEarlier recorded reference · Newspaper citation
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Fiscal Governing Bodies · Private Credit and Non-Banking Financial Intermediation (NBFI)
- https://data.bis.org/
BIS — Data portal (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Credit-to-GDP gaps, debt service ratios, banking statistics and cross-border credit; Global Liquidity Indicators (GLI), Locational and Consolidated Banking Statistics (LBS/CBS), Triennial Central Bank Survey of FX/OTC derivatives turnover, Effective Exchange Rate (EER) indices, and credit gaps.; Analyze credit, banking, and global financial conditions.
Also listed as: Bank for International Settlements Data Portal · BIS Data Portal
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
- Non-U.S. Central Banking
- Financial Research
Guide reference · Research source · Research directory
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Foreign Exchange/Global Currency · M&A + Buy/Sell Signaling · Monetary Policies · Non-U.S. Central Banking · Short-Term Funding Markets · Sovereign Debt & Fiscal Policy
- https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
BLS Employment Situation Release (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Establishment/Household Surveys, nonfarm payrolls, revisions, unemployment U3/U6, participation and hourly earnings; Monthly labor report detailing job growth, unemployment rate, and hourly wage trends.
Also listed as: BLS Employment Situation
- Labor Markets, Consumer Balance Sheets & Demographics
- U.S. Federal Reserve
Newspaper citation · Research source
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Labor Markets, Consumer Balance Sheets & Demographics · U.S. Federal Reserve
- https://www.cassinfo.com/freight-audit-payment/cass-transportation-indexes
Cass Information Systems / Cass Freight Index (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: North American freight volume, expenditures and carrier pricing
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.cboe.com/vix
CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Market-implied 30-day equity volatility
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.cboe.com/
CBOE — VIX and options (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: VIX, equity option chains and index hedging instruments; Official exchange portal for global exchange and market tracking: Cboe Global Markets.; Options, VIX Volatility Index & Skew Metrics
Also listed as: Cboe Global Markets
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
- Stock Exchanges
- Derivatives Markets
Research source
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Derivatives Markets · Stock Exchanges
- https://www.cboe.com/tradable-products/vix
Cboe — VIX methodology and products (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceGuide reference
- https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/dashboard
CFR Global Conflict Tracker dashboard (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Real-time global conflict and regional political risk
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.cmegroup.com/
CME Group (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: U.S. energy (NYMEX), agricultural (CBOT) and precious-metal (COMEX) futures; Treasury, Case-Shiller housing, commodity and energy futures; FedWatch probabilities; Official exchange portal for global exchange and market tracking: CME Group.
- Rare Earth Metals
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
- Stock Exchanges
- Derivatives Markets
Research source
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Derivatives Markets · Rare Earth Metals · Stock Exchanges
- https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker
Research use: Conflict mapping, cross-border risk and geopolitical updates
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.deribit.com/
Deribit (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Crypto option chains, implied volatility and perpetual futures
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.emdat.be/
EM-DAT International Disaster Database (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Mortality and economic damage from natural and technological disasters
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.epiqglobal.com/en-us/services/bankruptcy-and-trustee-services/bankruptcy-services/bankruptcy-data-sources
Epiq Bankruptcy Data Sources (opens in a new tab)
Selected page reviewedResearch use: Case research and bankruptcy analytics for individual and commercial filings. Full platform access and custom datasets require separate provider access.
Also listed as: Epiq Bankruptcy · Epiq AACER
- Bankruptcy
- Corporate distress
Research source
Provider overview reviewed. No authenticated dataset access, individual filing or liability-threshold filter was verified.
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- https://www.fao.org/prices/en
FAO Food Price Index & FPMA Portal (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: International and regional food prices and agricultural food security
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.chicagofed.org/research/data/index
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: National Activity Index (CFNAI) and Financial Conditions Index (NFCI)
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/data.htm
Federal Reserve Board of Governors (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: SLOOS, balance sheet, Discount Window usage and H.8 bank credit
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Macroeconomic and financial series covering yield curves, money supply, housing, credit spreads, inflation expectations, fiscal data and labor indicators. USSLIND is a historical U.S. leading index series.
Also listed as: FRED (St. Louis Fed) Fiscal Metrics · FRED (St. Louis Fed) · Federal Reserve Economic Data · FRED · fred.stlouisfed.org · The FRED Database · The Fred database
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
- U.S. Federal Reserve
- Sovereign Debt & Fiscal Policy
- Pooled Investment Vehicles
- Debt & Fixed Income Markets
- Financial Research
Research source · Research directory
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Debt & Fixed Income Markets · M&A + Buy/Sell Signaling · Pooled Investment Vehicles · Sovereign Debt & Fiscal Policy · U.S. Federal Reserve
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41/20261001
Federal Reserve H.4.1 (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceNewspaper citation
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/bcreg20260930a.htm
Federal Reserve stress-test final rules (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceEarlier recorded reference · Newspaper citation
Antitrust & Financial Oversight · Avoiding Financial Calamity · Fiscal Governing Bodies
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/financial-stability.htm
Federal Reserve — Financial stability (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceGuide reference
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Private Credit and Non-Banking Financial Intermediation (NBFI) · Real Estate & Commercial Property Debt (CRE)
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/dsr
Federal Reserve — Household Debt Service Ratios (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceGuide reference · Earlier recorded reference
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Labor Markets, Consumer Balance Sheets & Demographics
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/data/sloos.htm
Research use: Quarterly reports tracking bank lending conditions and credit tightening standards.
Also listed as: Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey
- U.S. Federal Reserve
Guide reference · Earlier recorded reference · Research source
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Real Estate & Commercial Property Debt (CRE) · U.S. Federal Reserve
- https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en
Food and Agriculture Organization — World Food Situation (opens in a new tab)
Selected page reviewedResearch use: Monthly international food-commodity price index, component indices, historical downloads and release calendar. Latest readings can be revised; this is an international basket rather than a country's retail inflation measure.
Also listed as: FAO Food Price Index · FFPI
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
- Food commodity prices
- Commodities
Research source
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Commodities
Official FAO page identifies the index, monthly publication calendar and historical downloads. This verifies the named source and its relevance to food commodities; no current numeric observation is imported.
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- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USSLIND
FRED — Philadelphia Fed Leading Index for the United States (USSLIND) (opens in a new tab)
Historical referenceHistorical reference · Methodology reviewed
The page identifies the Philadelphia Fed as the source; its latest displayed observation is February 2020. This series is not the Conference Board Leading Economic Index.
Source reference period: 2020-02.
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- https://www.matteoiacoviello.com/gpr.htm
Geopolitical Risk (GPR) Index (opens in a new tab)
Selected page reviewedResearch use: Caldara and Iacoviello’s newspaper-based geopolitical risk measures, methodology and historical downloads. Monthly series and daily observations follow separate release schedules.
Also listed as: GPR · Caldara and Iacoviello
- Geopolitical risk
- Macroeconomic research
Research source
Author-maintained methodology and download page reviewed. Monthly data are normally released at the start of each month; daily observations are normally updated weekly. No current index value is imported.
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- https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper
IMF DataMapper / International Monetary Fund (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Government debt, fiscal deficits, growth forecasts, World Economic Outlook and Global Financial Stability Reports
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/fiscal-monitor/2026/april/english/text.pdf
IMF Fiscal Monitor, April 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceEarlier recorded reference · Newspaper citation
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Sovereign Debt & Fiscal Policy
- https://www.ismworld.org/
Institute for Supply Management (ISM) (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Manufacturing and Services PMI, New Orders, Inventories and Prices Paid
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.kiplinger.com
Kiplinger (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch directory
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Labor Markets, Consumer Balance Sheets & Demographics
Collected media and research directory reference. It is not a primary data feed, a ranking endorsement or a verified citation for an article. Link and content have not been independently checked.
- https://www.nber.org/research/business-cycle-dating
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Official U.S. business-cycle peak, trough and recession chronology
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/policy/gscpi
New York Fed — Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Transport delays, supply-chain bottlenecks and shipping constraints; Standardized metric of global supply chain disruptions
Also listed as: NY Fed Global Supply Chain Pressure Index · NY Fed Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI)
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
- Geopolitics & Trade Policy
Guide reference · Research source
- https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc
New York Fed — Household Debt and Credit (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Consumer debt balances, delinquency/transition rates and demographic breakdowns
Also listed as: FRBNY Household Debt and Credit Report
- Labor Markets, Consumer Balance Sheets & Demographics
Guide reference · Research source
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Labor Markets, Consumer Balance Sheets & Demographics
- https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets
New York Fed — Markets and policy implementation (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceGuide reference
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Short-Term Funding Markets · U.S. Federal Reserve
- https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
NOAA Climate & Environmental Data (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Climate anomalies, extreme weather and environmental impact; Discover historical environmental datasets.
Also listed as: NOAA NCEI
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
- Data & Dataset Search
Research source · Research directory
- https://data.oecd.org/
OECD Economic Outlook & Confidence Indicators / Data Explorer (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Composite leading indicators, business surveys, economic outlook and consumer confidence
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence
S&P Global Ratings & Research / Market Intelligence (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Default rates, ratings, leveraged-loan distress and bankruptcy analytics
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.conference-board.org/data
The Conference Board (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Leading Economic Index, Consumer Confidence Index and Employment Trends Index
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.treasurydirect.gov/
TreasuryDirect (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: TIPS, I Bonds and Treasury bills; Direct Purchase & Yield Tracking of U.S. T-Bills; U.S. Primary Treasury Auctions & Rates
Also listed as: U.S. TreasuryDirect
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
- Pooled Investment Vehicles
- Debt & Fixed Income Markets
Research source
Avoiding Financial Calamity · Debt & Fixed Income Markets · Pooled Investment Vehicles
- https://www.bls.gov/
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: U3/U6 unemployment, CPI, PPI and JOLTS
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.census.gov/economic-indicators
U.S. Census Bureau (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Housing starts, permits, retail sales and household demographics
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://www.eia.gov/
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Petroleum, gas, electricity, production, storage, consumption and prices
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Earlier recorded reference · Research source
- https://population.un.org/
UN Population Division Data Portal (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Age distributions, dependency ratios, fertility and population projections
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
Research source
- https://unctadstat.unctad.org/
UNCTAD Data Hub / UNCTADstat (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Merchant fleets, port calls, maritime trade, throughput and freight indices; Analyze trade, investment, and economic development.
Also listed as: UNCTADstat
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
- Financial Research
Research source · Research directory
- https://www.scp.isr.umich.edu
Research source
Labor Markets, Consumer Balance Sheets & Demographics · Avoiding Financial Calamity
Recorded research reference. The specific link and its current coverage have not been independently verified. The October 6, 2026 page check could not retrieve this URL; that does not establish discontinuation.
- https://www.who.int/data/gho
WHO Global Health Observatory (opens in a new tab)
Recorded referenceResearch use: Disease surveillance, epidemiological data and health emergencies; Compare international health measures.
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
- Government Data
Research source · Research directory
- https://data.worldbank.org/
Research use: Governance, corruption, rule of law, labor participation, migration, poverty, GDP and trade; Compare countries and development trends.
Also listed as: World Bank Open Data
- Avoiding Financial Calamity
- Data & Dataset Search
Research source · Research directory
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