Below you will find a variety of useful resources that may aid you in your economics courses and\/or economic related endeavors.<\/p>\n
Data Resources<\/span><\/strong> Educational Aids & Refresher Tools<\/span><\/strong> Economics Related Blogs that are GREAT<\/span><\/strong>
\nFRED \u2013 Federal Reserve Economic Data<\/a> (useful MS Excel ‘add in’ feature: download here<\/a>)
\nFRB \u2013\u00a0Federal Reserve Board Data<\/a>
\nBLS \u2013 Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>
\nCBO \u2013 Congressional Budget Office<\/a>
\nNBER\u00a0\u2013\u00a0National Bureau of Economic Research<\/a>
\nIMF \u2013\u00a0\u00a0International Monetary Fund<\/a>
\nBEA \u2013\u00a0Bureau of Economic Analysis<\/a>
\nNational Statistics \u2013 UK Data<\/a>
\nCensus Bureau<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWolfram Alpha<\/a> \u2013 Math Help
\nThe Kahn Academy<\/a> \u2013 Short tutorials on a variety of subjects
\nExcel is Fun<\/a> \u2013 Excel tutorials on YouTube
\nUseful Stata Commands<\/a> \u2013 Helpful commands for working with Stata V12
\nMark Thoma Youtube<\/a> – Economics lectures from University of Oregon economist Mark Thoma<\/p>\n
\nEconbrowser<\/a>\u00a0– (also has a long list of other economics related blogs)<\/em>
\nCalculated Risk<\/a> – (highly recommended for those interested in the Fed Challenge)<\/em>
\nFreakonomics<\/a>\u00a0– (some conversational economics)<\/em>
\nGreg Mankiw\u2019s Blog<\/a>\u00a0– (Harvard professor and author of the #1 best selling introductory to microeconomics textbook)<\/em>
\nFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta\u2019s Blog<\/a>\u00a0– (the Atlanta Fed puts out a great blog, and since it’s from the Fed it’s very reputable)<\/em>
\nPaul Krugman’s Blog<\/a>\u00a0– (famous economist and NY Times columnist)<\/em>
\nFinancial Times Blog<\/a>\u00a0– (the Financial Times puts out some the greatest articles in mass print)<\/em>
\nJohn Taylor’s Blog<\/a>\u00a0– (this is THE John Taylor, as in the “Taylor Rule”<\/a> Taylor)<\/em>
\nVox EU<\/a>\u00a0– (Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists)<\/em>
\nProject Syndicate<\/a>\u00a0– (Opinion, commentary, Op-ed from today’s top economists and more)<\/em><\/p>\n