Economics Internet Sites
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American Stock Exchange, news and other information
about the Amex
- Beige Book, aka Summary of Commentary on Current
Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District
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B&E Datalinks: economic and
financial data sources, a site sponsored by the American Statistical
Association that tries to index sources of domestic and international business
and economic data. It provides explanations and links to other related
Web resources (From Choice, Aug., 20000 Supplement).
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BEOnline: Business
and Economics Resources Online,
index of internet resources, particularly for small businesses and
entrepreneurs.
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Bureau of Economic Analysis, economic measurement
agency from the Department of Commerce.
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CardRatings.com, information about vaious credit cards
(which is the better deal, etc.) and related information
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The Chicago Board of Trade, information about this agriculture futures trading
organization and its building
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The Conference Board,
produces the Consumer Confidence Index, Leading Economic Indicators, and
the magazine Across the Board.
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County Business
Patterns, the economic profile of
counties, states, and the U.S. from the Census Bureau.
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The Current
Value of Old Money, answers the question "'How much would a specific
amount of money at a certain period of time be worth today?'" It
does not give the value of
old coins and bank notes.
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The Dismal Scientist, provides current economic
indicators, details on economic regions including states and over 250
metropolitan areas, economic forecasts, industry performance standards, an
economic dictionary, links to other economics sites, and other U.S. economic
information.
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EconoLink, annotated links to the top sites in
economics for content, research, students, and innovation. Also includes a
list of the worst sites according to Econolink.
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Economagic: Economic Time Series Page,
this site presents a large collection of economic time series data gathered
from American and foreign government sources, trade associations and private
companies (from Choice, Supplement 37).
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Economic History Services, includes a directory, links
to other sites, data files, book reviews, syllabi, economic history abstracts,
and other information about economic history.
- Economic Indicators, searchable full-text monthly
magazine from the U.S. Federal Government. Archived issues back to April 1995.
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Economic Policy Institute, non-profit economic think
tank site includes press releases, reports, corrections to outside economic
newspaper articles, data, and analysis.
- Economic Reporting Review, a
site providing commentary about economics articles in The New York Times
and the Washington Post (from Choice, Supplement)
- Economists With Web Pages, searchable directory of
economists with links to web pages.
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York, homepage of the
primary Federal Reserve Bank.
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Federal Reserve Board, links include general
information about the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Open Market Committee
information, testimony and speeches, press releases, reports to the Congress,
regulation and supervision, research, publications, and related web sites.
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FINWeb, a copyrighted product of James
Garver, this site provides information on financial economics (from Choice, Supplement 37).
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FRED - Federal Reserve Economic
Data, financial and
economic data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Global System for Economic
Development, an attempt by MIT to organize the large amount of electronic
information about economic development available on the Web (From Choice,
Aug., 2000 Supplement).
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A Glossary of
Political and Economic Terms, provides
definitions of terms from political economics.
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Historical
Interest Rates,
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History of Economic Thought,
developed by graduate students at the New School for Social Research, this
site is incomplete and idiosyncratic, but its informal, chatty approach
is an accessible guide to the field for beginners (from Choice, Supplement 37).
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The Inflation Calculator, US inflation calculator for
the years 1800-1995.
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International Monetary Fund Dissemination
Standards Bulletin Board, economic and financial data for the 32 member nations that
use the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard.
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Internet Resources
for International Economics & Business, a site that is encyclopedic
in coverage and is an excellent business, economics and finance database
(from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement).
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Jump$tart Coalition: Financial Smarts
for Students,
basic information about money matters for students
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Library of Economics and Liberty, "a website dedicated
to advancing the study of economics, market economies and liberty"
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Money--Past, Present
and Future, as of now, the best site available for undergraduate research
projects concerning the history of money and monetary policy (from Choice, Aug., 2000
Supplement)
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National Bureau of Economic Research, web site of the
private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a
greater understanding of how the economy works
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Paul Krugman Web Page, economists full-text writings.
- Poverty Related
Resources, a site developed by the Institute for Research on Poverty at
the University of Wisconsin, Madison that provides a wealth of information
for persons interested in studying poverty and/or welfare reform (from Choice, Aug., 2000
Supplement)
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PovertyNet, "Resources an Support for People Working
to Alleviate Poverty"
- Resources for Economists on
the Internet
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SalaryExpert..com, information on wages
- Statistical Data
Locators
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Wall Street Central: Wallstreetcentral.com,
this site is user friendly and is an access point for many types of information
about companies and financial markets (from Choice, Aug.,
2000 Supplement)
- Wall Street Research Net, links to help professional
and private investors perform fundamental research on actively traded
companies and mutual funds, and locate important economic data
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WebEc - WWW Resources
in Economics, index of links to
economics sites under several categories.
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World Bank Group, a site that is
reliable and of high quality, it provides very good information on the
developing world (from Choice, Aug., 2000 Supplement)
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Value Line Dow 30 Reports,
from Value Line Research Center, information about the 30 companies that
make up the Dow.
Last updated May 9, 2005