Economic Overviews
Bankrate.com
Mortgage, Car, Home Equity, Credit Card, and CD Rates
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/default.asp
Beige Book: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Summary commentary on current economic conditions
http://federalreserve.gov/FOMC/BeigeBook/2009/
Beige Book Archive
Reports on U.S. business conditions over the last 30 years
http://www.minneapolisfed.org/bb/
Bureau of Economic Analysis: Overview of the Economy
National, Regional, and International articles and data
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/glance.htm
Conference Board's Business Cycle Indicators
Articles on business cycles and leading U.S. and global economic indicators.
http://www.tcb-indicators.org/
Consumer Price Index Home Page
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
Consumer Price Index News Releases: Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.toc.htm
CPI Index with an Inflation Calculator
http://www.bls.gov/cpi
Dismal Scientist
Economic perspectives and research with articles and data on current economic topics
http://www.economy.com/dismal
Dismal Scientist: Economic Commentary and Forecasts
http://www.dismal.com/dismal/com_landing.asp
Economic Indicators.Com
Internet links to track news on economic indicators and other facets of the current economy
http://www.Economic-Indicators.Com
Economic Indicators.Gov
http://www.economicindicators.gov/
U. S. Economic Census 2002
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/02index.html
Economagic
Links to most requested economic data series, interest rates, consumer credit, Federal Reserve Banks, Bureau of Labor statistics, and more
http://www.economagic.com/
U.S. Economy at a Glance: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information on unemployment, average hourly earnings, PPI, CPI, Import Price Index, Productivity
http://stats.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm?H1
Econ Data & Links
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~johnsh/econ/econ_EDL.htm
Federal Reserve Board Statistical Releases and Historical Data
In addition to daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual releases, the site includes information on commercial paper, foreign exchange rates, selected interest rates, aggregate reserves of depository institutions, factors affecting reserve balances, money stock and debt measures, assets and liabilities of commercial banks, U.S. Reserve Assets, industrial production and capacity utilization, consumer credit, finance companies, household debt-service burden, large commercial banks, structure and share data for U.S. Offices of Foreign Banks, corporate medium-note, shared national credit program, country exposure lending surveys, and more.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Staff members of the Board of Governors prepare articles on economic developments, bank regulatory issues, and other economic data from 1997 to the present.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/default.htm
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
Monthly commercial banking data, employment and population data, monetary data, GDP, CPI, interest rates, PPI, financial data, etc.
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred/
Fraser
Banking and monetary statistics, Business Statistics (Supplement to the Survey of Business), Economic Indicators, productivity and costs statistics, Senate documents
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/
FRB Cleveland: Economic Trends
Economic Trends, a monthly publication from FRB Cleveland, covers monetary policy, interest rates, inflation, labor markets, life expectancy and retirement, and personal, private, and government savings rates, housing conditions, banking conditions, savings, investment, and foreign capital.
http://clevelandfed.org/research/trends/current/index.cfm
Inomics: The Internet Site for Economists
Jobs, conference announcements, a directory of Internet sites, and a search engine for finding economic information on the Internet.
http://www.inomics.com
Liber8
An economic information portal for librarians and students
http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Profile and Investment Opportunities: Federal Reserve Board
An analysis of demographic, economic, and mortgage lending and a resource guide of the major investment opportunities in the Detroit and Metropolitan area.
http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/msa/msa8_98/detroitmsa.pdf
Monetary Policy Report to Congress
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/hh/
National Bureau of Economic Research
Research conducted by over 500 university professors around the country.
http://www.nber.org/
Personal Income: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Links are provided here for various personal income data
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pi0307.htm
Producer Price Indexes
http://stats.bls.gov/ppi/
Real Earnings -- Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/realer.toc.htm
Survey of Professional Forecasters
The oldest quarterly survey of macroeconomic forecasts in the United States
http://www.phil.frb.org/econ/spf/index.html
Economic Gateways
About.com Guide to Economics
Guide providing news, links, and information on economics. Formerly known as mining company.
http://economics.about.com/
Fed in Print: An Index to Federal Reserve Economic Research
Searchable index of full text documents
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/fedinprint/index.html
Resources for Economists on the Internet
This guide, edited by Bill Goffe, Dept. of Economics and International Business University of Southern Mississippi, is sponsored by the American Economic Association. It lists 1,164 resources in 68 sections and sub-sections available on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics.
http://rfe.org/
WebEc: WWW Virtual Library Resources in Economics
Provides over 20 categories on economic-related topics, as well as a list of economic journals.
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/
Economic Departments and Economists
Economics Departments on the Internet
A large collection of Internet Home Pages of Departments of Economics in the United States
http://www.amosweb.com/econdept
Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World
Christian Zimmermann (Center for Research on Economic Fluctuations and Employment - CREFE at University of Quebec at Montreal) has indexed economics institutions on the WWW. Currently 5216 institutions in 190 countries and territories are listed.
http://ideas.uqam.ca/EDIRC/index.html
Ask the Professor
Professors who have done research in Economic History are volunteering to assist others interested in learning more about the field.
http://www.eh.net/atp/
EH.Net: Course Syllabi
http://www.eh.net/coursesyllabi/
Economic History and Thought
Economic History Services
Reviews on economic history, home pages of economic and business history organizations, information on graduate programs in economic history, and a calendar of upcoming meetings
http://eh.net
Book Reviews by EH.Net
http://eh.net/bookreviews/
History of Economic Thought Website
Capsule information on economists, schools of thought, essays and surveys, and web links
http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/
McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought Primary texts, studies of those texts and of their authors
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/
EH.Net: Abstracts in Economic History
http://www.eh.net/abstracts
Economic History in the Popular Press
http://www.eh.net/press/
Government Departments and Agencies
USDA Agriculture
USDA summarizes its report releases from various sources such as the Economic Research Service
http://www.usda.gov/news/calindex.htm
Bureau of the Census
http://www.census.gov/
Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://bea.gov/
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
http://www.bls.gov/
BLS Economy at a Glance
http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm
Congressional Budget Office - CBO
Monthly budget review, long-term budget outlook, current budget projections, historical budget data, etc.
http://www.cbo.gov/
2002 Economic Census
Profiles the U.S. economy every 5 years from the national to the local level; includes industry and state rankings
http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/
Economic Report of the President
Searchable by keyword back to 1996 or download reports back to 1995.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/download.html
Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
http://www.doleta.gov/
Federal Trade Commission: Economic Issues and Reports
Recent economic reports by the Bureau of Economics
http://www.ftc.gov/be/econrpt.htm
USA.gov (FirstGov )
A good starting place for government information on the Internet
http://www.usa.gov/
National Economic Council
Recent major economic policy documents
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nec/index.html
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Documents relating to the budget, finance, and management
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/index.html
Joint Economic Committee
Economic indicators, Congressional appropriations, and downloadable pdf files called Briefing Materials on the Economy
http://www.house.gov/jec/
U.S. House Committee on the Budget
Budget information
http://www.house.gov/budget
U.S. Treasury
Information about the department and agencies under it
http://www.ustreas.gov
Dictionaries
AmosWeb.com
Over 1,100 searchable economic terms and concepts
http://www.amosweb.com/gls/
EH.Net: Encyclopedia of Economics and Business History
http://www.eh.net/encyclopedia/
Interest Rates
Selected Interest Rates: Federal Reserve of Governors
Interest rates for selected U.S. Treasury and private money market and capital market instruments
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H15/update
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Interest Rates
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/categories/22
Prime Interest Rates, NSA, Percent
http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/data.exe/feddal/rmbkprim
Prime Rate Information for Beginners
http://beginnersinvest.about.com/od/primerate/
Treasury Securities and Savings Bonds
Treasury Direct
Information on treasury securities, savings bonds, T-bills, notes, public debt. Includes Savings Bond Calculator.
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/RT/RTGateway?page=institHome
The Public Debt
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/govt.htm
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm
Bibliographies and Books
EconLit: Bibliography
EconLit is the American Economic Association's electronic bibliography of economic literature.
http://www.econlit.org/
E-Books
Akamac E-Tests for Economics
Classic economic books online
http://www.cpm.ll.ehime-u.ac.jp/AkamacHomePage/Akamac_E-text_Links/Akamac_E-text_Links.html
South-Western College Publishing: Economics Resource Center
News, links, and books on economics, macroeconomics, and microeconomics
http://www.swcollege.com/bef/economics.html
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
http://www.bos.frb.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
http://www.ny.frb.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
http://www.phil.frb.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
http://www.clevelandfed.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
http://www.rich.frb.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
http://www.frbatlanta.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
http://www.chicagofed.org
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
http://www.stls.frb.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
http://minneapolisfed.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
http://www.kc.frb.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
http://www.dallasfed.org/
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
http://www.frbsf.org/
Magazines, Journals, Reports
Economics and Finance Journals
Abstracts and table of contents for over 60 journals
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/subject_journal_browse.cws_home/S04?SH1Code=S04&showProducts=Y
Economic Letters: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/index.html
Economic Perspectives: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
A quarterly journal of in-depth articles reporting on the Bank's research in the financial and international sectors for economists, financial executives, economics professors, and news media.
http://www.chicagofed.org/economic_research_and_data/economic_perspectives.cfm
Economic Review: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Quarterly publication on financial trends and economic analysis relevant to Federal Reserve policy. Scroll down to Economic Review.
http://www.frbatlanta.org/publ.cfm
Economic Review: San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/review/index.php
Federal Reserve Board Reports and Surveys
Includes the National Survey of Small Business Finances, Survey of Consumer Finances
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/surveys/
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Livingston Survey
http://www.phil.frb.org/econ/liv/
FRB Dallas: Southwest Economy
Lists publications on a variety of economic issues.
http://www.dallasfedreview.org
FRB of New York
Publications including Economics and Finance
http://www.ny.frb.org/research/publication_annuals/index.html
FRB Minneapolis: Quarterly Review
Presents economic research aimed at improving policymaking by the Federal Reserve System and other governmental authorities.
http://research.mpls.frb.fed.us/research/qr/
Survey of Current Business
Analyses of U.S. business and economic activity. Data is arranged by national, international, and regional categories and includes GNP, GDP, national income by type of income, personal income, personal consumption expenditures, Government receipts and expenditures, real export and imports of goods and services, gross saving and investment, and more.
http://bea.gov/scb/index.htm
Global Links
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Includes publications, news releases, papers, research projects, and country information by the IMF, an international organization of 182 member countries, established to promote international monetary cooperation.
http://www.imf.org/
Econostats: Exchange Rates
http://www.econstats.com/index_gl.htm
European Union
Basic information on the European Union
http://europa.eu.int/
Bloomberg’s Currency Rates
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/index.html
Federal Reserve Statistical Release: Foreign Exchange Rates
Foreign exchange rates from 1990 to the present.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10/hist/
Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Current Exchange Rate
http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/pilotfx.html
International Monetary Funds: Exchange Rates
http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/rates/rms_rep.cfm
International Statistical Agencies
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/
World Development Report 2009
http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTD
EC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2009/0,,menuPK:4231145~pa
gePK:64167702~piPK:64167676~theSitePK:4231059,00.html
World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org/index.htm