Links to Resources
Foreign Exchange
Federal Reserve Board foreign exchange rates
Pacific Exchange Rate Service - use their database retrieval system to get historical data for any currency, in spreadsheet format. Specify the desired date range, and get daily or weekly rates, or monthly averages.
Consumer Price Index
Consumer price index information - Bureau of Labor Statistics
Interest Rates
Federal Reserve Board federal funds rates (target rate for federal funds) - current and historic rates
Federal Reserve Discount Window - current and historic discount rates
Free Calculators
US Government Resources
Small Business - USA.gov: Learn the stips to start a small business, get financing help from the government, and more.
US Armed Forces - Tax Information
For federal tax purposes, the U.S. Armed Forces includes officers and enlisted personnel in all regular and reserve units controlled by the Secretaries of Defense, the Army, Navy and Air Force. The Coast Guard is also included, but not the U.S. Merchant Marine or the American Red Cross. However, these and other support personnel may qualify for certain tax deadline extensions because of their service in a combat zone.
Federal tax law - Internal Revenue Code, Regulations and Guidance
Federal Reserve Board - the central bank of the United States
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - US taxation
IRS Tax Withholding Estimator - for employees to check that the correct amount of tax is being deducted from their pay.
Benefits.gov offers over 1,000 Federal and State benefits programs.
GovLoans.gov provides Federal loan information, and is specifically designed to help you determine which loans may be right for you.
USA.gov - access to Federal and State government resources and information, including:
Benefits, Grants, Loans Government Agencies and Elected Officials Jobs and Unemployment Money and Taxes Travel and Immigration
Revised: October 26, 2023