48 Online Resources found for subject: Economics

Information on the history, purpose, structure, policies, and services of the United States Federal Reserve System, which is described as “a decentralized central bank.” Hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Content: Online Resource | Source: FED101 | Subject: Economics

Established in 1994, the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) is a uniform and independent measure of household consumption experience. A powerful economic indicator, the ACSI tracks trends in customer satisfaction and provides valuable benchmarking insights of the consumer economy for companies, industry trade associations, and government agencies. The ACSI is produced through a partnership of the University of Michigan Business School, the American Society for … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Sources: American Society for Quality (ASQ), CFI Group, University of Michigan Business School | Subjects: Economics, Market Research

Home of the Report on Readiness for the Future Index, designed to to provide a comprehensive framework for evaluating how well European societies are placed to meet the challenges brought about by the new millennium.

Editor’s Note: The GLTs are young but proven leaders from business, politics, the arts and civil society committed to improving the state of the world. 100 new GLTs are selected every … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: World Economic Forum | Subjects: Economics, International – Europe

Created by William F. Hummel, a retired jack-of-all-trades, Money: What is and how it works offers the author’s advice on a vast array of issues dealing with money and US monetary policy. Well-written and easy-to-understand, this collection provides information on the basics of understanding money, as well as some more advanced concepts, and monetary policy issues. Hummel has also included articles from famous economists on … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: William F. Hummel | Subjects: Economics, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking

EconDash.com offers a number of automobile dashboard-inspired charts for understanding the main indicators of the US economy and US national expenditures. EconDash’s charts present a meter for each indicator and expenditure. Users can click on the meters (e.g., private fixed investment growth, labor productivity) to access further information: descriptions, trendlines, and analysis. The site also contains a helpful FAQ guide to using and understanding the … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: iDashes Inc. | Subjects: Economics, Reference / Search

The Heritage Foundation, along with the _Wall Street Journal_, presents the Interactive Index of Economic Freedom, a tremendous database offering detailed reference information about economic policy for 161 countries. The search feature provides a variety of options for searching the database and organizing the results including sorting the results alphabetically or by rank. Along with a simple search, users can search by country or region … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Sources: Heritage Foundation, Wall Street Journal | Subjects: Economics, International

EconLinks is a well-organized economics portal created and maintained by Professor Scott Simkins of the Department of Economics at North Carolina A and T State University. The site was developed to provide easy access to basic economic and financial information for students in economics and business courses and contains resources in the following categories:
– Indexes and Directories
– Current News
– Business News
… [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Scott Simkins | Subjects: Economics, Reference / Search

The Metropolitan New Economy Index builds on work begun in The New Economy Index and the The State New Economy Index, in which the authors used a new set of economic indicators to illustrate the structural foundations of what they and others have called the “New Economy.” In the first report, they tracked the transformation of the U.S. economy along four main lines: the industrial … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Sources: Case Western Reserve University, Progressive Policy Institute | Subjects: Economics, Miscellaneous

Just as the title suggests…

Content: Online Resource | Sources: JokEc, NetEc | Subjects: Amusement / Leisure, Economics

From the Institute for International Economics, Case Studies in Economic Sanctions presents, at present, eight in-depth case studies of the effects of economic sanctions in countries including Cuba, Libya, Pakistan, Iran, India, and Myanmar. Each case study is presented in three compact pages beginning with a detailed timeline of the history of the sanctions. The second page offers more information, including the chronological goals of … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Institute for International Economics | Subjects: Economics, International | Industry: Government

According to Forbes, “If you want big-picture perspective on markets and the economy, check out Deutsche Bank Securities Economist Dr. Edward Yardeni’s site for everything from historical interest-rate data to trends in consumer spending and real estate.” This site, offered in 7 major languages, has 6 major sections: Economics, Economic Indicators, Investmets, Products, Centers, and the superb (IMHO) Charts section. Too much to … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Ed Yardeni | Subjects: Economics, Finance

This site, a part of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Louis provides consumers, students, economists and financial institutions around the world with economic and financial information in an easy-to-use format. Specifically, it provides historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates, balance of payments and regional economic data.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | Subjects: Economics, Reference / Search

Rational Expectations was set up by Ralph Lazar, former strategist and economist for Goldman Sachs, Barings & Credit Suisse First Boston, as a “resource for anyone interested in [emerging markets] economics — students, teachers, lecturers, journalists, professionals, or just the curious.” A fully comprehensive guide to the people, places, and events of the economics world, Rational Expectations includes an searchable database of over 1,000 organizations … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Ralph Lazar | Subjects: Economics, International

The Biz/ed Question Bank – Economics is an interactive collection of multiple choice questions on a series of 39 topics. Subjects include Markets, Firms, Wages, National Income, Labour Supply, Money, Unemployment & Inflation, Government and International (with sub-topics). Each topic offers ten to twenty-five questions, complete with hints, explanatory answers, and information sources. Because Biz/ed is a British Website, all monetary amounts will be in … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: biz/ed | Subject: Economics

A Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis monthly publication, _National Economic Trends_ contains an impressive collection of graphs covering economic trends including sections on Output and Growth; Interest Rates; Inflation and Prices; Consumer Spending; Investment Spending; Government Revenues, Spending and Debt; International Trade; Productivity and Profits; and Labor Markets.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | Subject: Economics

The goal of the DRC is to ask the right questions about state economies. How well is the state’s economy performing in generating a more widely shared and sustainable standard of living? How vital are its large and small businesses? What is the state’s capacity for future development? Each major index tries to answer one of these questions. The DRC provides policymakers, development professionals, … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) | Subjects: Economics, Entrepreneurship

RGE Monitor delivers ahead-of-the-curve global economic insights that financial professionals need to know. Our analysts define the key economic and geostrategic debates and continuously distill the best thinking on all sides. This intelligence, along with exclusive analysis from internationally-known experts, is accessed through a powerful Web interface that provides both focused snapshots and deeper perspectives. Whether you are establishing direction, executing transactions, influencing decisions or … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Nouriel Roubini | Subjects: Economics, Education

A four-year old project of FACSNET reporting tools, this site was created to give reporters and journalists a headstart in understanding economic terms. All 213 current terms are concisely, but clearly, defined and are organized in alphabetical order. This glossary will give any economics novice the basic terms needed to begin to comprehend news briefs and articles about economics.

Content: Online Resource | Source: FACSNET | Subjects: Economics, Reference / Search

Created and maintained by Jacques Brosius — a PhD candidate in economics at The Center for Population, Poverty and Public Policy Studies of the International Networks for Studies in Technology, Environment, Alternatives, Development — the Labour Economics Gateway (LEG) offers “a wealth of information on just about any topic in economics.” LEG includes an alphabetical list of working economists and their homepages, research centers worldwide, … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Jacques Brosius | Subject: Economics

The Christian Science Monitor looks at how “typical” workers evolved over a millennium. It explores tangents, from consumerism to investing for social change.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Christian Science Monitor | Subjects: Economics, History