I. Introduction
- Syllabus | Textbook Website | D2L | Class Picture: Section 01 | Section 06
- Assignment 1 Guideline | assignment1.xls
- Assignment 2 Guideline | assignment2.xls (you might need Excel 2007 edition to open it)
II. On-Line Journals and Blogs
- The Wall Street Journal | The Financial Times | Business Week
- The Economist | CNN Money | Bloomberg
- WSJ Economics Blog | Greg Mankiw | Economist’s View | Becker-Posner | VOX
- Nouriel Roubini | Library of Economics and Liberty
III. Data Resources
- Yahoo Finance
- White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room
- Bureau of Economic Analysis | Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
- Economagic | CIA the World Factbook | Index of Economic Freedom
- Center for International Development | Human Development Index (HDI)
- Real GDP per capita World Map
- US Inflation from 1800 - 2006
IV. Useful Links
- Federal Reserve Education | US Monetary Policy: An Introduction
- Federal Reserve Speeches '07 | Testimony '07 | Monetary Policy Report
- Federal Reserve Board | Federal Reserve Banks | FOMC Meeting | The Beige Book
- 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
- Global Rich List - How rich are you? | US Cities Cost of Living
- Video: Price Stability: Why is it important to you? by ECB
V. Articles and News
- FOMC Monetary Policy Statement 10/31/07 | Parsing The Fed from WSJ (10/07)
- Six Fingers of Blames in the Mortgage Mess by Aln Blinder from NYT (09/07)
- Monetary Policy Views: Martin Feldstein vs Robert Lucas (09/07)
- FOMC Monetary Policy Statement 9/18/07
- The World in 2030 from "The Age of Turbulence" by Alan Greenspan (09/07)
- Global Imbalances: Recent Developments and Prospects by Ben Bernake (09/07)
- It's Monetary Policy, Not a Morality Play by Tyler Cowen from NYT (09/07)
- House, Housing Finance and Monetary Policy by Ben Bernake (08/07): Great Introduction to US Credit History
- How to Save Africa? by G. Clark (07/07)
- A Psychology Lesson From the Markets by Robert Shiller from NYT (08/07)
- Fed 8/17/07 Statement 1 | Fed 8/17/07 Statement 2 Fed's Reaction to 07' Credit Crunch.
- Fed: More Rate Hikes Might Be Needed from CNN (04/07)
- Testimony by Chairman Bernake on the Economic Outlook (03/07)
- As Inflation Soars, Zimbabwe Economy Plunges from NYT (02/07)
- Made in China by Jagdish Bhagwati (02/07)
- Betting with the House's Money by Kenneth Rogoff (2/07)
- The Level and Distribution of Economic Well-Being by Ben Bernanke (2/07)
- Who was Milton Friedman? by Paul Krugman (1/07)
- Long-term Fiscal Challenges Facing the US by Ben Bernake (1/07)
- Navigating the Economic Future an interview with Larry Summers (11/06)
- Gambling Against the Dollar by NYT (11/06)
- Milton Friedman from NYT (11/06)
- Friedman Completed Keynes by Brad Delong (11/06)
- Dynamic Capitalism by Edmund Phelps (10/06)
- The Global Middle Cries Out for Reassurance by Larry Summers (10/06)
- Globorization: A Force for Good? from Fed Board (10/06)
- How much college degree worth? from Washington Post (10/06)
- Interview with Martin Feldstein from Min Fed (09/06)
- Speech by Chairman Bernanke on productivity (08/06)
- Is the U.S. Trade Deficit a Problem? from Mankiw's blog (03/06)
- Headline Versus Core Inflation from Comerica Bank (03/06)
- The Price of Latte in Lucerne from CNN Money (01/03)