- Syllabus
- Textbook Website
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I. Introduction
II. Lecture Notes (Posted on D2L)
III. On-Line Journals
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Financial Times
- Business Week
- The Economist
- CNN Money
- Bloomberg
- Economics Roubndtable
IV. Data Resources
- Yahoo Finance
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Economagic
- CIA the World Factbook
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
- Index of Economic Freedom
- Center for International Development
- Human Development Index (HDI)
- Real GDP per capita World Map
- US Inflation from 1800 - 2006
V. Useful Links
- Federal Reserve Education | US Monetary Policy: An Introduction
- Federal Reserve Banks | The Beige Book
- Federal Reserve Board | FOMC Meeting (Monetary Policymaking)
- The Fed Today Video | How does Fed create money | Fed101 | In Plain English
- Finance Education for All from New York Fed
- Personal Financial Education (Great links)
- EconEdLink
- Finance & Development (F&D): A Quarterly Magazine of the IMF
- IMF Videos
- Excel Video Tutorials by DataPig Tech
VI. Articles
VII. Economists' Blogs
- Speech by Chairman Bernanke on productivity (8/31/06)
- Happiness of Nations from NBER 06
- The Price of Latte in Lucerne from CNN Money (01/03).
- Is the U.S. Trade Deficit a Problem? from Mankiw's blog (03/06)
- Headline Versus Core Inflation from Comerica Bank (03/06)
- The Coming Demographic Transition: Will We Treat Future Generations Fairly? by Ben Bernake (10/06)
- Dynamic Capitalism by Edmund Phelps (10/06)
- How much college degree worth? from Washington Post (10/06)
- The Global Middle Cries Out for Reassurance by Larry Summers (10/06)
- Globorization: A Force for Good? from Fed Board (10/06)
- Consumer Prices Show Reduced Inflation. from CNN Money (11/06)
- Milton Friedman from NYT (11/06)
- Friedman Completed Keynes by Brad Delong (11/06)