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I. Introduction

• Syllabus | Textbook Website | D2L | Class Picture
• Assignment 1 | assignment1.xls
• Assignment 2 | assignment2.xls

II. On-Line Journals and Blogs

• The Wall Street Journal | The Financial Times | Business Week
• The Economist | CNN Money | Bloomberg
• Greg Mankiw | Brad Delong | Becker-Posner | Economist’s View
• Nouriel Roubini | Macroblog

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 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
• Global Rich List - How rich are you?

V. Articles

• 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)
• Economy Posts Surprising Growth from CNN Bsuiness (1/07)
• 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)
• The Coming Demographic Transition: Will We Treat Future Generations Fairly? by Ben Bernake (10/06)
• 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)
• Modern Macroeconomics in Practice: How Theory Is Shaping Policy by Chari and Kehoe 2006 (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)