Links to Data

Links to Data on the Web

US Data
EconData.Net
Excellent site for state and regional data
http://EconData.net/

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
One stop shop for Macroeconomic/Monetary Data. See FRED II(Federal Reserve Economic
Data). One of the easier places on the net to find the most commonly used macro data.
http://www.stls.frb.org/

Economagic.com: Economic Time Series Page
Lots of data here: U.S., states, MSAs, international. Try the graph generator
for a quick look at time trends (try the transformations, too).
http://www.economagic.com/

BEA--national accounts data
This is the free site, with selected national and regional income and product
account data. http://www.bea.gov

IRS Statistics of Income (SOI)
See Dept. of Treasury, IRS. http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/taxstats/index.html

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
A lot of central bank information here. See Research and Data for link to
Statistics. See also links to regional Federal Reserve Banks and other central
banks around the world. http://www.federalreserve.gov/

European Central Bank
Learn about European Monetary Union. Click on the About ECB link and
check out draft designs for Euro notes. http://www.ecb.int/

Energy Information Administration
Tremendous amount of energy related data and reports. http://www.eia.doe.gov/

Bureau of Labor Statistics
This site has a huge amount of information on national, state, and regional
labor markets and prices. http://www.bls.gov/

U.S. Census Bureau Home Page
All the Census data. http://www.census.gov/

Fedstats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics
A good place to go when you're not sure where to go. http://www.fedstats.gov/

U.S. Government Printing Office
See the Economic Report of the President.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/download.html

West Virginia Data
WVU Bureau of Business and Economic Research Home Page
See WVBEIS for free county, state, and US data See also the WV Business & Economic Review.
http://www.bber.wvu.edu

WVU Regional Research Institute
See WV Population Projections and Working Papers for recent research.
http://www.wvu.edu/~regional/index.htm

WV State Main Page
See links to WV Development Office. http://www.wv.gov/

WV Bureau of Employment Programs Home Page
See Labor Market Information for West Virginia job and labor force
estimates. http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/

Analytical Sites
ZEI-Center for European Integration Studies
Center for European Integration Studies-University of Bonn, Germany
Good site for academic and general audience writing on economic integration,
economies in transition, and European Monetary Union. http://www.zei.de

Euro Homepage by Giancarlo Corsetti
Very extensive site for academic and general audience writing on economic
integration, monetary union, and European Monetary Union. See the links to
Economists for a comprehensive list of scholars on EMU. http://www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/Eurohomepage/

Nouriel Roubini's Global Marco and Financial Policy Site
State-of-the-art page with a gigantic amount of useful information.
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/globalmacro/

Dismal Scientist
Good analysis of current issues. Lots of data. Subscription only.
http://www.dismal.com

Fairmodel
Site contains forecasts and analysis and a working model. http://fairmodel.econ.yale.edu/

Macroeconomic Advisors, LLC
A little data and analysis available here, see Public Reading Room. http://www.macroadvisers.com

Global Insight Home Page
Used to be DRI-WEFA. There is a little analysis available free. http://www.globalinsight.com/

National Bureau of Economic Research Homepage
See the US Business Cycle Dates. http://www.nber.org/

International Monetary Fund
See latest World Economic Outlook for macro forecasts. http://www.imf.org/

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Mountains of international data and analysis. http://www.oecd.org/

Other Sites
WVU-ES: CED--Other Useful Sites
A good site for links to West Virginia, U.S. government, Community and Economic
Development and Welfare Reform sites. http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/depts/ced/ced-site.htm

Economist
The Economist magazine. http://www.economist.com

Financial Times
http://www.ft.com

Wall Street Journal
http://www.wsj.com

Resources for Economists on the Internet
Bill Goffe's masterpiece. http://rfe.org/

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