About Economics Web Resources
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The Economic Report of the President
- The entire current report as well as economic reports from previous years, dating back as far as 1995. Statistical tables in spreadsheet format are also accessible and can be downloaded individually (.pdf) or in their entirety (.zip). The Economic Report of the President is transmitted to Congress no later than ten days after the submission of the budget. The Report includes current and foreseeable trends and annual numerical goals concerning topics such as employment, unemployment, production, real income and the labor force ; annual numeric goals and a program for carrying out program objectives. Supplementary reports can be issued to the Congress which contain additional and/or revised recommendations. Print copies are available at HC 106.5 A272 PCL Ref
- AEAweb
- An official website sponsored by the American Economic Association. The AEA section has jobs and placement information. The EconLit section contains the current list of journals indexed (useful for finding out which issues of a journal have been indexed) and the JEL classification scheme (called Subject Descriptors) which may help identify search terms to use in the EconLit Index.
- American Economic Association
- Membership directory of the American Economic Association.
- Articles from the Federal Reserve Bulletin
- Selected articles are available in PDF format. The site provides an abstract for each selected article.
- Bank for International Settlements
- The Bank for International Settlements was established in 1930 to distribute German reparations payments. It is the world's oldest international financial institution and remains the principal center for international central bank cooperation. Its publications are available full-text. Some statistics can also be downloaded as spreadsheets.
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Current and historical economic data, news releases, publications, etc.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor.
- Business Cycle Indicators
- From the Conference Board, "... a report commonly called the "leading indicators" or "leading economic indicators," this index, its components, and two other composite indexes--the coincident and lagging indexes--are used by economists to measure business cycles and as an early warning system for recessions."
- Cost of Living Calculator
- "Uses the historical Consumer Price Index for urban consumers (CPI-U) to convert dollar values between different years. This allows you to compare the real buying power of historical dollar amounts, adjusted for inflation." From News Engin, Inc.
- Consumer Price Indexes
- From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Council of Economic Advisors
- Daily Treasury Statements
- The Daily Treasury Statements summarize the financial activities of the Federal Government and off-budget Federal entities in accordance with the Budget of the U.S. Government. Available in both PDF and ASCII format. Uploaded daily except for weekends and holidays. The electronic version of the DTS is available three days after its printed paper counterpart. The visual display of the PDF version is identical to its printed counterpart.
- Econ-line.com
- Economic data at any level of U.S. Geography.
- Economic Census
- The 2002 Economic Census is underway. The Economic Census profiles the US economy every 5 years, from the national to the local level. 2002 Economic Census forms were sent to 5 million businesses in December. The forms ask for information about business activity during calendar 2002. Sample forms are on-line. The forms were due back February 12, 2003. The 1997 Economic Census Data is available on the site.
- Economic Statistics Briefing Room
- The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Economic Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies. All the estimates for the indicators presented in the Federal Statistics Briefing Rooms are the most currently available values. Includes:
- EDIRC
- Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World - Associations and Societies. This is the most comprehensive listing available.
- Dr. Ed Yardeni's Economics Network
- The mother lode of economics information!
- Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- Regional economic data and analysis can be found on the web sites of the 12 Federal Reserve district banks. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors site serves as a gateway to the web sites of the individual federal reserve banks. Also links to the Fed's Beige Book , which analyzes the overall economic prospects of each of the districts.
- Federal Reserve Banks
- Provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis to provide easy access to information from the Federal Reserve System. At the site, visitors may link to each of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks and Board of Governors via a short list of unique types of information available at each site. A map of the Federal Reserve districts, mailing addresses and phone numbers are also available at the site.
- Fed in Print - An Index to Federal Reserve Economic Research
- The Fed in Print site was developed by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to serve as a database of all Federal Reserve System economic research. Users can search the database by keyword, title, author, Federal Reserve Bank and year.
- Handbook of International Economic Statistics
- Basic economic statistical data for each country, including: Economic Profile, Aggregative Trends, Energy, Agriculture, Minerals & Metals, Chemicals & Manufactured Goods, Foreign Trade & Aid, Environmental Topics. From the Central Intelligence Agency (other reference publications).
- Handbooks in Economics
- Tables of Contents of all 34 Volumes published in the Handbooks in Economics Series from Elsevier. Introductions to all 700 chapters as in the printed Volumes, including over 2,000 pages of introductory content.
- Index of Economic Freedom
- Now freely available online, this annual index, a publication of the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, presents a portrait of the economic freedom of 161 countries around the world.
- The Inflation Calculator
- Created by S. Morgan Friedman. Form adjusts any given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 1995. The pre-1975 data are the Consumer Price Index statistics from Historical Statistics of the United States (USGPO, 1975). All data since then are from the annual Statistical Abstracts of the United States.
- Inomics
- Inomics is an Internet service especially tailored to the needs of economists. At this site you can find job openings for economists, conference announcements, a human-edited directory as well as a database of research papers in economics.
- Institute for International Economics
- The Institute for International Economics is a "private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy." This web site contains short abstracts and press releases of books published by the Institute. Speeches, testimonies and essays by the staff at the Institute on a variety of international economics issues are also available as is a collection of working papers published since 1994.
- International Health Economics Association
- The web site provides information about the association and a searchable directory of health economists. Both eHEAL and HEAL, the electronic and print newsletter of iHEA can be found at the site. The newsletters provide listings of job openings, conferences, calls for papers and new research initiatives. Past issues of both newsletters are available at the site. Also included is a an exemplary collection of links to health economics sites.
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Access to the collection of NBER working papers and reprints.
- NetEc
- "NetEc is a volunteer effort to improve the communication of research in economics via electronic media. It consists of:
- Information on printed working papers on BibEc
- Data about electronic working papers on WoPEc
- Code for Economics and Econometrics on CodEc
- World Wide Web Resources in Economics on WebEc." -- NetEc
- Research Papers in Economics
- List maintained by Inomics site. Major sets of working papers available via the internet.
- Resources for the Future
- An independent research institute dedicated to analyzing environmental, energy and natural resource topics. Publishing research findings since 1952. Publications menus list full-text reports by series & quick links for lists by topic. Discussion Papers (full-text since 1995) RFF Reports 1996, Issue Briefs 1997.
- R.S.Q.E.--Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics
- "RSQE is an economic modeling and forecasting unit at the University of Michigan. RSQE provides forecasts of the economic outlook for the U.S. and Michigan economies based on quarterly econometric models."
- University of Texas Economics Department
- Web links for economists.
- World Economic Forum
- World Economic Outlook
- The International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook
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