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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Materials that have been determined by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to be a risk to health, safety, and property. The term includes such items as explosives, flammables, poisons, corrosives, and radioactive materials. These materials must be packaged, labeled, handled, and transported according to stringent regulations from several agencies. International shipments must comply with docket HM-181, where the term "dangerous goods" is often used interchangeably with hazardous materials.
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Other Economic Resources
- American Institute of Economic Research
- Barron’s Commodity -- Offers free commodity charts.
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Chicago Board of Trade
- Energy Information Administration
- Farm Service Agency -- Commodity Operations
- Internet Economic and Statistics Resources
- Institute of Business Forecasting
- The Japan Center for Economic Research
- The Library of Congress
- New York Mercantile Exchange
- The Producer Price Index -- Measures changes in selling price over time.
- Purchasing Magazine: Offers quarterly updates of commodity prices.
- Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) database
- The Small Business Industrial Outlook
Despite continuing economic instability, optimism is surging among industrial small businesses. A recent survey titled The Small Business Industrial Outlook reported 75% of participants predicting bottom-line growth in the coming year-with one-third of respondents forecasting "significant" growth.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- U.S. Census Bureau Economic Briefing Room
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Geological Survey (Department of Minerals)
Individual Country Data can be Found at the Following Web Sites:
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