Economic Research and Analysis
- The Brookings Institution publishes high-quality policy studies. This is a list of research topics covered. Peter Orszag and William Gale write extensively about fiscal policy issues.
- The National Bureau of Economic Research has an extensive working paper series highlighting the most notable recent work .
- The NBER Data resource page contains some historical data (including the NBER's official business cycle dates).
- This link explains the NBER process to establish dates for the business cycle.
- This link lists the recession and expansion dates for US business cycles.
- Economic Statistics Briefing Room provides recent data on a wide variety of economic series.
- The Congressional Budget Office contains analysis and forecasts of Federal government budget deficits. Their forecasts and forecast analyses are the key documents for political debates about fiscal policy proposals about things like Medicare and social security.
- The Economic Report of the President offers index containing all the reports and data published annually by the Council of Economic Advisors each January.
- The Department of the Treasury reports to the penny the public debt of the United States, along with the interest cost of the debt and historical debt series back to 1791.
- You can also look as Tax Statistics from the IRS. The National Budget Simulator allows you to run various policy experiments to analyze their effects on the Federal deficit.
- The Library of Congress' Thomas service posts and tracks legislation pending in the U.S. Congress.
- A link for the 12 Regional Federal Reserve Banks. The main Federal Reserve Board web page.
- Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes, including policy directives, are also available. For the truly committed investigator, the historical transcripts and supporting documents brings you as close to the experience of an FOMC meeting as possible. Purposes and Functions of the Federal Reserve System is a book-length overview of the Federal Reserve System, including its roles in monetary policy, financial supervision and regulation, and consumer affairs.
- Federal Reserve Board News and Events posts news releases of Federal Reserve data releases, of important Fed decisions, and speeches by Federal Reserve Governors.
- The Bank for International Settlements page. BIS list of central banks.
- Information on the European Central Bank.
- The Sveriges Riksbank, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, the Bank of Mexico, the Reserve Bank of Australia, and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
- The Central Bank of Norway and the Central Reserve Bank of Peru also display a wealth of information regarding their operations and strategies.
- The Center for the Study of Central Banks contains a huge variety of information about central banking around the world, including an alphabetical list of those central banks (though several of the links may not work).
- The Central Bank of Zimbabwe -- note the inflation rate in 2008.