EI 101: First-Year Business Experience 2024-25 (all sections): Economic/Govt. Analysis

TIPS on finding trade sources:

• Google industry keywords with the word "association."  ex:  "fast food" association
• When you find a trade association website relevant to the industry, review the site's menu headings and/or use the search box on the site to look for information for your analysis (ex:  economic trends). 
• Find Trade Source websites in an IBISWorld report by going to the "About this Industry" section of the report. Look for "Additional Resources."   
• In a First Research industry report, look for the Websites section to find links to trade sources. 
• Use keywords to search the Business Source Complete and One Business databases, and then filter results to trade publications.  

TIP:  Start with a company's Form 10-K, which is a government source. Look in the Business section of a public company's Form 10-K for information about the industry in which it operates. 

Also see the Risk section of the Form 10-K for risks related to the economy and government regulations.

TIP:  Start by looking for WSJ articles.  Try Google to find WSJ articles.  Example:  "fast food" site:wsj.com 

The WSJ also has many articles on the economy.  Try this Google search:   economy site:wsj.com

Try the other databases linked below to find general business news articles (ex:  from WSJ, Forbes, local business newspapers).