STL:Economics Resources

The Asian Development Bank, a development finance institution consisting of 55 members, is engaged in promoting the economic and social progress of its developing member countries in the Asian and Pacific region. http://www.abd.org

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum is made up of 21 member nations. Their website includes position statements, white papers and links to trade regulations, trends, and industry data. [ http://www.apec.org]

Bureau of Economic Research , an affiliate of the New York State Department of Economic Development and the United States Bureau of the Census, provides economic analyses and forecasts for the Hudson Valley region. This page is created by the Marist School of Information Management.

Current Leading Economic Indicators has information on durable goods, prices, housing starts, consumer confidence, monthly data, forecasts for next two years;and explanations of data's significance. http://www.dismal.com

University of Michigan Document Center: statistical resources in comprehensive economics.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecon.html

The Dow Jones Industrial Average offers a graphical display of the Dow's current and historical activity. See entry under Stock Quotes for more sites.
http://www.djindexes.com/jsp/industrialAverages.jsp?sideMenu=true.html

EconWPA One of the largest archives of electronic working papers (in postscript format) within 20 fields of economics, arranged by topic;includes gateways to other economics resources. Provided by Washington University of St. Louis. http://econwpa.wustl.edu

Federal Reserve Education
The Federal Reserve is committed to economic education. Here you can find links to instructional materials and tools that can increase your understanding of the Federal Reserve and economics. All of the Fed web sites, curriculum, newsletters, booklets and other resources are free.
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/

Regional Economic Conditions (RECON) was originally designed to assist the FDIC by providing economic information at the state, MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area), and county levels. You'll find graphs, tables, and maps depicting economic conditions and how they've changed over time. http://www2.fdic.gov/recon/

Economics WWW Server
Via Stanford University, this site has selected economic resources. http://www-sul.Stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/econ/econ1.html

Edgar Project
EDGAR allows public access to financial disclosure information requested by the SEC for over 15,000 publicly traded companies. http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm

U.S. Census Bureau - American Factfinder. http://factfinder.census.gov

Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic Research
http://www.ny.frb.org/

Fedstats: One-stop shopping for Federal Statistics. http://www.fedstats.gov

Population Index(published quarterly by the Office of Population Research, Princeton University) is a searchable and browsable database, which provides information for the world's population literature, including journal articles, papers and other materials on population. http://popindex.princeton.edu

STAT-USA (including National Trade Data Bank): Country Commercial Guides, Market Research Reports, and related U.S. and international trade information from the Department of Commerce. (In-library use only. See Reference Librarian for passwords.) http://www.stat-usa.gov

Bureau of Labor Statistics Online access to many statistical sources from the U.S. Government, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Consumer Price Index, and the Occupational Outlook Handbook. http://stats.bls.gov/

WebEc (World Wide Web Resources in Economics) is an exhaustive meta list of resources including tutorials, data sets, white papers, and search links. Maintained by Lauri Saarinen, and economics researcher in Helsinki. http://netec.wustl.edu/WebEc/

White House 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.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

World Bank Group
The World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. It works in more than 100 developing economies with the primary focus of helping the poorest people and the poorest countries.
http://www.worldbank.org

World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development (World Bank)
A World Bank report focusing on the world's inequalities.
http://www.worldbank.org/wdr2006

Course Guides

The following are guides listing authoritative resources appropriate for projects and assignments in these courses. Each guide is developed and taught by a librarian for a specific class. The guides may help anyone researching a topic in Economics.

Spring 2008

ECO 450: Senior Seminar in Economics -- (PDF) (Word)
ECO450: Senior Seminar in Economics Summer 2008 --(PDF) (Word)