Resources for Teachers and Students

I have compiled a list of those sites which I find useful to keep up
with the economy and that help in my teachings. The links below are usually
good sites for finding handouts and other things of interest for students.

 
Every Day: News

Cnnfn -economy. 

Bloomberg.com :
U.S. Economy 

FinancialTimes

Policy.com- News & Events: Today’s
News

Economic Indicators:
The Dismal Scientist 

CBS.MarketWatch.com
– Your Eye on the Market 

Non-economic news

MSNBC

NEWS.com – for technology and internet
news.

NYTimes

Every Week

The Economist

NewsHour
Online: Economy

Economics at The
Idea Channel

Economic Reporting Review: Fairness
& Accuracy In Reporting 

Slate

Every Month

The Brookings
Review

NBER Digest

The
Region Magazine

Data: US

The Economic Statistics
Briefing Room

BEA’s Overview of the
Economy – recent GDP, consumption etc.

BLS Economy at a Glance
– data on employment, prices, productivity.

FRED – Federal Reserve Economic
Data

State
of the Economy – About and The Conference Board.

Demographic Profiles of US States,
Cities, Towns

Economagic: Economic Time Series
Page

Data: World

OECD Statistics

CIA
— The World Factbook 1999

The World Bank Group–Development
Data

IMF Country
Page

Other Resources

The Economic Report of the
President 

Federal Reserve Board:
Speeches and Testimony 

Course/syllabus ideas and  Education:

NSNS Syllabits: Economics

WLH – Economics 

NCEE
– EconEdLink 

The
Region, December 1998 issue 

How
Economists Can Improve Economic Education.

The Journal of Economic Education

Economic Education Web: EcEdWeb

FTE: Foundation for teaching economics

Chronicle of Higher Education

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