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I. Introduction

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

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's Blog | Economist’s View | William Yu's Blog | VOX
• Nouriel Roubini | Library of Economics and Liberty | Becker-Posner

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
• Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• 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