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Political Factors
Macroeconomic political factors involve the overall political climate and governmental activity in areas such as fiscal policy, tariffs, energy and other policies and processes. Activities may affect overall or industry-specific outcomes.
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- EDGAR This link opens in a new windowEDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, collects, validates and indexes submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).. Filings through EDGAR and instructions for searching the EDGAR database are available at this site.
10Ks, Form 40Fs (the annual information form) will include discussion of risk factors, regulatory and legal matters and brief management discussion on issues, sometimes including PESTEL factors, though the acronym will not be mentioned. Links to EDGAR and company presentations may also be available from company websites. - EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) This link opens in a new window
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EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) provides country, industry, management analysis and forecasts on over 200 countries, nine strategic industries, and a full range of management functions through the following services: ViewsWire, Country Reports, and Country Profiles. For general political news, Under My Reports & Services, select Viewswire; choose Canada; then choose politics. - Passport GMID This link opens in a new window
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Passport, from Euromonitor International, contains demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries. The historic and forecast data enable you analyze trends and compare countries' data. Passport contains a range of lifestyle indicators such as disposable income availability, consumer expenditure trends, eating and drinking habits, home ownership statistics and health data. Contains market research reports on industries, consumer lifestyles and retailing.
Risks and Vulnerabilities and business-environment reports may allude to political and socioeconomic factors that potentially affect an industry. - ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
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Designed to help business researchers balance theoretical and practical learning, and acquire the research skills that will make them successful in their courses and careers, ProQuest One Business is a complete business library containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more. - SEDAR This link opens in a new window
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SEDAR is the electronic filing system for the disclosure documents of publicly traded companies and investment funds across Canada.
Search the public company's annual information form, company annual reports, and management discussion and analysis communications. These may include discussion on PESTEL and risk factors, although the acronym will not be mentioned. Links to SEDAR and company presentations may also be available from company websites. Company filings can be checked for any of the Pestel factors.
Industry Associations
Trade, industry, sector or other associations are generally organized to address the group's interest to ensure that their concerns are heard. Associations and organizations may provide publications free or at cost, with access that may be open or limited to membership, or open with requirement to register. Industry association web sites may include Current Issues sections noting the impact of a policy or regulation on the industry.