The Economics Department offers many online resources and documents to help students in their academic careers.
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Department Resources
Economic Sites of Interest on the Internet
Government Sites:
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Bureau of Labor Statistics - The economy at a glance
- The Economic Report of the President - Searchable archives of The Economic Report of the President from 1995 to present.
- Economic and Social statistics, charts - The latest Federal Government statistics
- Economic Indicators
- Federal Agencies Directory
- FedStats - One-stop shopping for Federal Government data
- Library of Congress
- National Institutes of Health
- National Science Foundation
- Statistical Abstract of the United States - A collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.
- U.S. Census Bureau - A source for social, demographic, and economic information
- US Department of Commerce - Information about commerce and trade
- US Department of Health and Human Services - Information about health care and social services
- US Department of Labor - Information about labor markets.
- US Department of the Treasury - Information about US Treasury programs and activities
Federal Reserve Banks:
- Atlanta
- Boston
- Chicago
- Cleveland
- Dallas
- Kansas City
- Minneapolis
- New York
- Philadelphia
- Richmond
- St. Louis
- San Francisco
- Federal Reserve System Board of Governors
- Fed in Print Magazines, Journals, and Working Papers:
- The Economist - The homepage of The Economist, an international weekly journal, containing a limited selection of articles from the current issue.
- USA Today - A frequently updated online version of USA Today, featuring news, business, sports, and entertainment.
Working Papers Archives:
Data Sources and Miscellaneous Sites of Interest:
- CRSP Data Access - Information from the Center for Research and Security Prices by Don Cram
- Sample Programs for CRSP Data Access via SAS - Don Cram
- Currency Converter - Convert one currency to another using the most current exchange rates.
- Dismal Scientist - Economics analysis and data for the world
- EDIRC (Economics Departments, Institutes, and Research Centers in the World) - Over 2000 institutions from 108 countries are listed.
- Financial Data Finder - From Ohio State University.
- ICPSR - Information about ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) data sets.
- Data Archive - Journal of Applied Econometrics.
- National Debt Clock - The size of the United States national debt at this very moment.
- Econometric Links - Marius Ooms' links to depts., people, journals, software.
- Panel Study of Income Dynamics - Information about the data sets.
- Resources for Economists on the Internet - a list of many interesting economic resources.
- WebEc - Free economics resources on the Web organized by JEL field.
- US Economics Departments on the Internet - A fairly comprehensive list of the home pages of US college economics departments
