Government Documents on Banking and Financial Services
Banking affects our lives when we write a check, make deposits or withdrawals from various accounts, learn of interest rate increases and decreases, and apply for a loan or mortgage. Government agencies produce a variety of publications dealing with banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions. Publications from government agencies dealing with banking are primarily located in the MEL and HSSE Libraries. Subject headings you can use to search the Library Catalog for government information on banking include:
Banks
and Banking--Indiana
Banks
and Banking, International--Law and Legislation
Banks
and Banking--United States
Credit
Unions--United States
Interstate
Banking--Law and Legislation--United States
Money
Laundering
Savings
and Loan Associations--United States
The principal index for U.S. Government publications is
the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36 which is searchable from 1976-present. Another similiar index is the GPO
Index located on the Purdue Libraries Indexes page covering from 1976-present.
Other useful indexes to U.S. Government information include Lexis-Nexis Statistical and the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index
HSSE REF & Periodicals 328.73005 C76 covering congressional publications.
Additional indexes for historical research on banking and financial services include
the CIS US Congressional Serial Set Index
HSSE REF 328.73 C761c, CIS Index to U.S. Executive
Branch Documents 1789-1909 HSSE REF 351.73 C497
1990,
CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1910-1932
HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1996, and CIS Congressional Committee Hearings Index 1833-1969 HSSE REF 348.731 C76.
Legal and regulatory banking information resources include:
| Slip Laws | HSSE DOC REF AE 2.110 |
| U.S. Statutes at Large | HSSE REF 345.11 Un3 |
| U.S. Code (Titles 12 & 31) | HSSE REF 345 Un3co |
| Code of Federal Regulations (Titles 12 & 31) | HSSE REF 353.005 C64 |
| Federal Register | HSSE REF 353.005 Un34 |
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(Comment on proposed federal agency regulations.) |
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| Indiana Code (Title 28) | HSSE REF 348.772 In25c |
| Indiana Administrative Code (Title 750) | HSSE REF 348.772025 In2i |
Selected executive branch and independent agency publications on banking include:
| Census of Finance & Insurance Industry |
Once here, Select "Search Databases 2007" then browse to "Industry & Product 52 Finance & Insurance" |
| Federal Reserve Bulletin | MEL 332.16 Un3b |
| Home Mortgage Disclosure Act | MEL MF FR 1.63/ |
| Regional Federal Reserve Bank Publications | MEL 330's |
| Annual Report National Credit Union Administration | MEL 334.2 Un35 & MEL MF NCU 1.9/3: |
| U.S. Government Annual Report | MEL T 1.1/3: & MEL MF T 63.101/2: |
| Quarterly Journal-Comptroller of the Currency | MEL MF T 12.18: |
| Annual Report-Director of the Mint | MEL MF T 28.1: |
| Treasury Bulletin | MEL 336.73 Un391 & MEL MF T 63.103/2: |
| Daily Treasury Statement | MEL MF T 63.113/2-2: |
| Monthly Treasury Statement | MEL 353.2 Un3 & MEL MF T 63.113/2: |
| Consolidated Financial Statements of the U.S. Govt. | MEL MF T 63.113/3: |
Congressional support agency and congressional publications on banking include:
| Government Accountability Office Reports | MEL MF GA 1.13: |
| Annual Report Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. | MEL 332 F317 & MEL MF Y 3.F 31/8:1/ |
| Historic Statistics on Banking | MEL Y 3.F 31/8:26/934-92 |
| House Financial Services Committee - Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) a member of this committee. See HSSE DOC Y 4.B 22/1: for this committee's hearings before 2001. | HSSE DOC Y 4.F 49/20: |
| Compilation of Basic Banking Laws | HSSE DOC Y 4.F 49/20:107-C |
| Senate Banking Committee - Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) is a member of this committee. | HSSE DOC Y 4.B 22/3: |
| Joint Economic Committee | HSSE DOC Y 4.EC 7: |
| Senate Finance Committee | HSSE DOC Y 4.F 49: |
| Congressional Budget Office | HSSE DOC Y 10 |
Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) for Economic Stabilization |
| Congressional Research Service Reports (Courtesy-University of North Texas Library) |
| Digital U.S. Congressional Serial Set (Purdue Users Only) |
Internet Sources
Increasing amounts of government information are available
on the Internet. A locally accessible master index of government
information resources can be found at GPO
Access featuring
the Congressional Record, Federal
Register,
and other congressional committee reports on legislation.
This
is an
excellent source
for current and recent legal, legislative, and regulatory
information sources on banking and financial services.
Other federal Internet WWW sites from the executive branch and independent agencies with banking information include:
| Bureau of the Public Debt |
| Office of Thrift Supervision |
| Securities & Exchange Commission |
| Special Inspector General Troubled Asset Relief Program |
| STAT-USA |
Indiana State Agencies
| Dept. of Financial Institutions |
| Indiana Board for Depositories |
| Indiana Bond Bank |
| Indiana General Assembly-Provides access to the Indiana Code, Indiana Administrative Code, and Indiana Register as well as to General Assembly bills and committee reports. |
| Indiana State Auditor |
| Indiana State Treasurer |
International Government Organizations
| World Bank |
Foreign Central Banks & Oversight Committees
| Australia Parliament House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance, & Public Administration |
| Australian Transaction Reports & Analysic Centre (AUSTRAC) |
| Central Bank of Chile |
| China (People's Bank) |
| France (Banque de France) |
| Germany (Bundesbank) |
| Hong Kong Monetary Authority |
| India Reserve Bank |
| Singapore (Monetary Authority) |
| South African Reserve Bank |
| South Korea (Bank of Korea) |
| Sweden (Riksbank) |
| Taiwan (Central Bank) |
