INTERNET RESOURCES

Economic and Finance Sites

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BBC News: Country Profiles
- ull profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background
     of countries and territories, and background on key institutions

Bureau of Economic Analysis
- promotes a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing the
     most timely, relevant, and accurate economic data in an objective and cost-effective manner

Bureau of Labor Statistics - the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field
     of labor economics and statistics

Business and Economics - information resources posted by the Fordham University Libraries

Economic Education Website (EcEdWeb) - provides support for economic education in all forms and
     at all levels

Economic Policy Institute
- a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate
     about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy

Economic Time Series Page - a site of free, easily available economic time series data useful for
     economic research, in particular economic forecasting

Economics Statistics Briefing Room - provides easy access to current Federal economic indicators

Economist.com - the premier online source for the analysis of world business and current affairs

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - part of the Federal Reserve, the nation's central bank


Index of Economic Freedom - a practical reference guide to the world's economies

United States Congress: Economic Indicators - browse 1998 forward

World Fact Book 2007 - information on countries around the world compiled by the CIA