Links for Economists

Helpful sites for economic data, discussion, and other useful information...

 General Economic Websites

  • U.S. Bureau of Economics Analysis
  • U.S. Census Bureau
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • National Bureau of Economic Research
  • Federal Reserve

Economic Data

  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis database (FRED)
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service
  • State of the Cities Data Systems (SOCDS) via HUD - good source for MSA/city data 
  • U.S. Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  • Free Lunch - my favorite source for aggregate US data
  • EconStats
  • Economagic
  • Community-Level Information on Kids (CLIKS) - state level statistics on children
  • city-data.com

Tax Websites

  • Tax Policy Center
  • Federation of Tax Administrators
  • Office of Tax Policy Research
  • Internal Revenue Service
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury

Other Economic and Finance Websites

  • Moody's Economy
  • Google Finance
  • Yahoo! Finance
  • Wall Street Journal
  • The Economist 
  • Dismal Scientist
  • Economics.about.com

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