Economics Resources

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

http://www.bea.doc.gov/

"The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is an agency of the Department of Commerce. Along with the Census Bureau and STAT-USA, BEA is part of the Department's Economics and Statistics Administration.

The mission of BEA is to produce and disseminate accurate, timely, relevant, and cost-effective economic accounts statistics that provide government, businesses, households, and individuals with a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of economic activity. BEA's national, regional, and international economic accounts present basic information on such key issues as U.S. economic growth, regional economic development, and the Nation's position in the world economy."

Author: U. S. Department of Commerce (webmaster@bea.doc.gov)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Executive--Agencies

Keywords: United States; economy; labor; U.S. economy

Bureau of the Public Debt

http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/bpd/bpdhome.htm

Information from the United States Treasury Department about the Public Debt, Savings Bonds, and Treasury Notes. It includes The Public Debt to the Penny, updated daily.

Author: Bureau of the Public Debt (OAdmin@bpd.treas.gov)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government

Keywords: Money; T-Notes

The Conference Board

http://www.conference-board.org/

"The Conference Board is the world's leading business membership and research organization, connecting senior executives from more than 2,200 enterprises in over 60 nations. A nonprofit, nonadvocacy organization, The Conference Board produces the Consumer Confidence Index, the Leading Economic Indicators, and a wide range of reports on best business practices and the latest economic trends, which leads to The Conference Board receiving more than 21,000 media citations per year. The Conference Board also provides a diverse program of conferences and forums for over 15,000 executives from different industries and nations to meet and share insights."

Author: The Conference Board Inc. (webmaster@conference-board.org)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Business Administration & Management

Business & Economics--Economics

Business & Economics--Non-Profit Organizations

Keywords: Consumer Confidence Index; Leading Economic Indicators

Cost-Of-Living Calculator

http://www.NewsEngin.com/neFreeTools.nsf/CPIcalc

"This utility allows you to convert dollar values between any two years to adjust for inflation." Uses the Consumers Price Index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Author: George Landau (george@NewsEngin.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/

"This glossary will eventually attempt to cover all of the terms and concepts from international economics, including both international trade and international finance, at least at the introductory level... The glossary includes definitions, links to definitions, and wherever appropriate links to other sites and documents that may provide additional information."

Author: Alan V. Deardorff

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Commerce & Trade

Business & Economics--Economics

EconData.Net

http://www.econdata.net/

"Your guide to regional economic activity on the Web. We have more than 350 links to socioeconomic data sources, arranged by subject and provider, pointers to the Web's premiere data collections, and our own list of the ten best sites for finding regional economic data." This site is well organized and provides links to information provided by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as well as other reputable sources. Some of the sites it links to charge for their information, but this is clearly indicated next to the link.

Author: Impresa, Inc. and Andrew Reamer & Associates (comments@econdata.net)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Business & Economics--Finance

Keywords: Data Collections; Socioeconomic

Economics and Finance Information

http://home.gvi.net/~stevenw/Main.html

"Links to personal finance and hardcore economics." Lightly annotated and organized by topic.

Author: Steven A. Waller (stevenw@gvi.net)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

EconomicsAmerica

http://www.economicsamerica.org/

This site offers many lessons and activities for K-12 students. For example, one lesson--"Hey, Mom, What's for Breakfast?"--has students choose their favorite breakfast foods and investigate costs associated with those foods. "Do You Always Own Your Own Private Property?" addresses eminent domain and the rights of property owneers. Lessons include links to teacher notes, and the web resources included in lesson plans are carefully chosen.

Author: National Council on Economic Education

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Education--K-12

Economist.Com | Country Briefings

http://www.economist.com/countries/

"Pick a country... to see articles from The Economist, background profiles, forecast and statistics from The Economist Intelligence Unit, market and currency updates, news headlines and links." (Note: some articles require a subscription to Economist.Com premium content service.)

Author: The Economist (webmaster@economist.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Regional & Country Information

Economy Track

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/econ0001.htm

Economic information collected by USA today marketplace for the United states economy. Consists of : Economy reports, statistics, forecasts, factory orders, federal reserve reports, housing starts, gross domestic product (gdp), Leading Economic Indicators Index, prices, productivity, Retail sales, Trade, Unemployment, and related links.

Author: USA Today

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Computers & Internet--Internet

Encyclopedia of the New Economy

http://hotwired.lycos.com/special/ene/

Sponsored by Andersen Consulting in conjunction with Wired Magazine, this encyclopedia discusses topics ranging from "adhocracy" to "distributed systems," "ECash" to "Netscape," and "network externalities" to "zero sum." Essays have a wonderful tongue-in-cheek quality while still presenting useful descriptions and definitions.

Author: Wired Digital (support@wired.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

FAOSTAT Statistics Database

http://apps.fao.org/

"FAOSTAT is an on-line and multilingual database currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics in the following areas: production, trade, food balance sheets, food aid shipments, fertilizer and pesticides, land use and irrigation, forest products, fishery products, population, and agricultural machinery."

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Science & Technology--Agriculture & Aquaculture

Keywords: nutrition; fisheries; forestry; food; crops

A Glossary of Political Economy Terms

http://www.duc.auburn.edu/~johnspm/glossind.html

This is an alphabetical list of political economy terms.

Author: Paul M. Johnson (johnspm@mail.auburn.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science

Keywords: Glossary; Politics; Economics

The History of Economic Thought

http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/

This well organized site includes an alphabetical index of influential economists; breakdowns of various schools of thought, including political economy, neoclassical, alternative, and thematic; surveys and essays on broad topics such as the theory of value, macroeconomics, and microeconomics; and links to other references.

Author: New School University-Department of Economics (het@cepa.newschool.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

The Inflation Calculator

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

At this site, you can enter any dollar amount and compare its value during any two years between 1800 and 1998. For example, you can compare the worth of $100 in 1880 to its worth in 1950.

Author: S. Morgan Friedman (morgan@english.upenn.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Keywords: money; value; inflation

Inflation Conversion Factors

http://www.orst.edu/Dept/pol_sci/fac/sahr/sahr.htm

Conversion factors to convert US dollars from 1982-1984 and 1995-1999 to equivalent amounts for others years, or vice versa, based on inflation.

Author: Robert Sahr (Robert.Sahr@orst.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Keywords: United States; Consumer Price Index; CPI

The International Economics Network

http://www.internationaleconomics.net/

"The International Economics Network is an annotated, selective portal for international economics and related disciplines, which includes daily updated links to research papers, news and commentaries in the field."

Author: Jamus Jerome Lim

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

The International Political Economy Network

Keywords: Law; Politics; Development; Growth

http://csf.Colorado.EDU:80/ipe/

"An extensive collection of electronically retrievable documents related to the Global Political Economy." Contains geographic and thematic archives.

Author: The International Political Economy Network (gonick@csf.colorado.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--International Government & Intergovernmental Groups

Keywords: International; Politics

InvestorWords

http://www.investorwords.com/

The InvestorWorld financial glossary has more than 5,000 definitions and 15,000 links between related terms, making it extremely comprehensive.

Author: InvestorGuide.com (igcomments@investorville.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Business & Economics--Finance--Investments

Business & Economics--Finance--Personal Finance

Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank (MEMDB)

http://scc01.rutgers.edu/memdb/

"The Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank is a project established at Rutgers University and originally cosponsored by the Research Libraries Group (RLG), Inc. Its aim is to provide scholars with an expanding library of information in electronic format on the medieval and early modern periods of European history, circa 800-1815 C.E. MEMDB contains five large data sets, three pertaining to currency exchanges and two pertaining to prices."

Author:

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--Middle Ages (Medieval)

Social Sciences--Social Issues and Social Welfare

Keywords: Renaissance; Western Europe; money

The Nobel Foundation

http://www.nobel.se/

"The Official Site of the Nobel Foundation" is searchable, and includes a timeline.

Author: The Nobel Foundation (Webmaster@www.nobel.se)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Science & Technology

Keywords: Prize; Award

The Nobel Prize Internet Archive

http://www.almaz.com/

Impressive collection of information about all of the past Nobel Laureates, organized by prize and year, or searchable. Entries include brief biographical information plus links to related Internet sites.

Author: Almaz Enterprises (webmaster@almaz.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Reference--Biographies

Science & Technology

Keywords: Nobel Prize; Physics; Chemistry; Literature; Peace; Economics; Physiology; Medicine

OANDA

http://www.oanda.com/

This site offers a multilingual currency converter which contains the exchange rates for 164 currencies. Travelers can print out a cheat sheet: "a multi-value table of an exchange rate to facilitate calculations while you travel." The site also offers historical charts of exchange rates and forecasts for global markets.

Author: OANDA, Inc.

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics