AmosWeb http://www.amosweb.com

Described as "economics . . .with a touch of whimsy"; includes Gloss*arama,with over 500 searchable or browsable economic terms and concepts; Orley Amos's 1994 Economic Literacy: A Comprehensive Guide to Economic Issues from Foreign Trade to Health; online books such as A Pedestrian's Guide to the Economy ("economics for everyday folks") and Growth Pole Cycles ("a theoretical explanation of regional development and socio-economic progress"); testing system, weekly issues discussion, information about online courses, and more.

Bureau of Labor Statistics http://stats.bls.gov/

U.S. Government comprehensive site with keyword searching; "Economy at a Glance" facts and figures; regional information; surveys and programs; and additional information; part of the U.S. Department of Labor  (with additional related information); and links to economic indicators such as the Consumer Price Index.

Consumer Price Index (CPI),  Inflation Conversion Factors http://www.orst.edu/dept/pol_sci/fac/sahr/sahr.htm

Provides tables of Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation conversion factors to convert  dollars from 1800 to 2010 (estimated); graphs showing historical trends of price levels, movie prices, government spending, debt and deficits, election costs, minimum wages, congressional pay, and various other interesting items; links to Columbia Journalism Review's Dollar Conversion Calculator which converts any figure from 1800-1998 to recent year dollars (tables are a bit difficult to read on the computer monitor but they print quite clearly).

The Dismal Scientist http://www.dismal.com/

Emphasis on economics in the U.S. with statistics and rankings for states or Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) for factors such as demographics, income, population density, number of new business incorporations, etc.; articles on variety of economic topics;  forecasts and summaries of major economic releases are expressed in clear, non-technical language; corporate and university-affiliated economists contribute to the site.  Part of Economy.com.

EconData.Net http://econdata.net/(Recommended)

Guide to regional economic activity on the Web; more than 400 links to socioeconomic data sources, arranged by subject and provider; pointers to selected data collections, "ten best sites" for regional information; supported by U.S. Dept. of Commerce/Economic Development Administration.

ECONlinks http://www.ncat.edu/~simkinss/econlinks.html(Recommended)

Easy access to basic economic and financial information on the Web for students in economics and business courses; links to current economic indicators, government publications, analysis and forecasts, data, market information, online business periodicals with some free access to text, etc.; teacher and Student Resources sections with sampling of online textbooks and courses, practice tests, simulations, skills-building and study tips, etc.; designed by Scott Simkins of North Carolina A&T State University.

Economic Policy Institute http://epinet.org/

Contains discussion, analysis, and sometimes clarification on issues relating to economics that are of current interest; also links to statistical sources that relate to economics, such as labor, income, and demographics.

Economics Statistics Briefing Room http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

From The White House, the most current  U.S. economics statistics (output, income, employment, unemployment, earnings; production and business activity, prices, money, credit and securities markets, transportation, international); provides access to current Federal economic indicators and links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies.

Economy.Com http://www.economy.com/

Leading provider of economic, financial, and industry research; editorials and articles on variety of economic topics; Research@economy.com includes hundreds of analytical reports covering a wide range of industry, macroeconomics, regional, and international topics. In addition, there are thousands of preformatted historical data reports available in Acrobat or Excel format covering all states and U.S. metropolitan areas, and specialized forecast reports on detailed employment and occupation trends; also FreeLunch.com , a guide to free economics information on the Web; registration required but free for all Economy.com sites.

Essential Principles of Economics: A Hypermedia Text http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/prin/txt/EcoToC.html

College level information about economic theory and history; fundamentals of capitalism and the theories of economists Karl Marx and Adam Smith are among the many topics covered; second revised draft (1998) of a book by Drexel University economics professor.

Fair Model of Yale University http://fairmodel.econ.yale.edu/

"This site brings the power of large scale macroeconometric analysis to anyone with access to the internet. It is a resource for business forecasters, government policy analysts, macroeconomic researchers, teachers, and students."  Models for tables, graphs, predicting elections, stock market, experiments, etc.

G8 Information Centre http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/

Leaders of the major industrial democracies meet annually to deal with the major economic and political issues facing their countries and the international community as a whole. Countries include France, the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada, and Russia.

Government Information Sharing Project http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/

The Government Information Sharing Project (GISP) is a product of the fine work of the Information Services

staff at the Oregon State University Library. Originally funded by a U.S. Dept. of Education grant, the Projects

mission is to demonstrate how technology can be used to create a user-friendly and powerful system for

accessing U.S. Federal Government Information.

Handbook of International Economic Statistics, 1998 http://www.cia.gov/cia/di/products/hies/

Basic worldwide statistics for comparing the economic performance of major countries and regions; generally, data in the Handbook are for 1970, 1980, and individual years in the period 1990-97; Adobe Acrobat reader or Excel required (Adobe Acrobat will download free); CIA information.

Inflation Calculators http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bu2/inflate.html

From NASA's Parametric Cost Estimating Reference Manual, including Cost-of-Living Calculator which computes  inflation rates of major cities and categories, 1913-1998; another does Cost of Living Comparisons between 399 major U.S. metropolitan areas; adjusts any given amount of money for inflation, using the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 1998; International Salary Calculator compares the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities.

Information Please Almanac http://www.infoplease.com/

Includes entire contents of the Information Please Almanac, a biographical database, dictionary, and the Columbia Encyclopedia online; searchable together or separately or browsable; considerable economic information available, including feature articles such as Economic Domino Theory.

International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) web site is a valuable source of data for those who are trying to make sense of the state of the global economy; provides timely statistical data on the economic affairs of its 182 member nations; also offers working papers and text reports on a variety of economic topics.

International Trade Web Resources  http://www.fita.org/webindex.html

Compiled by the Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA); indexes and annotates more than 2,000 links related to international trade; searchable by keyword and browsable by subject listing.

Portraits of Economists http://www.econ.duke.edu/Economists/

Collection of portraits of economists presented in 1997 as a gift to the Department of Economics of

Duke University by Professor Warren J. Samuels of Michigan State University; free use of these portraits in

Web documents, and for other educational purposes, is encouraged; users are requested to acknowledge that

the images come from "The Warren J. Samuels Portrait Collection at Duke University."

Resources for Economists on the Internet  http://rfe.org/EconFAQ.html

Sponsored by the American Economics Association, this site lists 1,265 resources in 74 sections and sub-sections available on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those                interested in economics; includes links for instructors and much more.

Wall Street Research Net http://www.wsrn.com/

Over 500,000 links to help professional and private investors locate economic data and perform fundamental research on actively traded companies; wWell-organized and searchable; "Research a Company" returns SEC Filing info, current quote, plus graphs and charts, company news and several research reports, most free. Can do the same with Mutual Funds.

WebEc http://netec.wustl.edu/WebEc/WebEc.html

Comprehensive international listing of sites on economics: general; educational and teaching; methodology and teaching; microeconomics; macroeconomics; international economics; public economics; economic history; agricultural economics; health and welfare, and much more.

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