Economic Web Sites

Federal Reserve web sites offer information related to policies, trends, and forecasts:

1. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including research, historical data, and the Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.
2. At the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis you can also easily find economic research and FRED II, a database of economic and financial statistics historical data.

United States Government web sites are excellent sources of historical data and economic projections.

1. See the Congressional Budget Office for current budget and economic projections.
2. U.S. Census Bureau
3. Economic Indicators is published by the U.S. Congress
4. Bureau of Labor Statistics is a good source of historical data related to unemployment and inflation (CPI and PPI).
5. US. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis is an excellent source of historic economic and industry specific data.
6. U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration
7. STAT USA, Department of Commerce
8. U.S. Department Of Commerce, Trade and Economic Analysis
9. The Office of Management and Budget website includes budget and the statistical tables of the Economic Report of the President.
10. Economic Statistics Briefing Room

Other sites that are useful to business economists include:

1. National Association of Business Economists
2. The Conference Board: includes economic research and the Consumer Confidence Index
3. New York Stock Exchange
4. NASDAQ
5. Standard & Poors
6. Federation of Tax Administrators (State tax rates and structures)

The following web sites may be interesting to real estate professionals and people interested in economic forecasts should see the website for the Mortgage Bankers Association of America:

1. Mortgage Bankers Association of America: This site includes economic and mortgage finance forecasts.
2. National Association of Homebuilders
3. Appraisal Institute

There are many web sites that are dedicated to adding to the public’s general knowledge of economics, forecasting, economic research and forecasts, economics resources on the Internet, and the history of economic thought. Some very good examples of these include:

1. National Bureau of Economic Research
2. WCSU List: Economics Internet Resources
3. The History of Economic Thought Website
4. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
5. Economics Concepts Glossary

The media:

1. The Wall Street Journal
2. The New York Times
3. CNN Money
4. CBS Market Watch
5. MSN Money
6. Yahoo! Finance