Burda & Wyplosz: Macroeconomics 4e 
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General web links
If you were on a desert island and your browser only allowed you to bookmark a single link...
...then bookmark the OECD's external links to macroeconomic reports and data for 30 countries (www.oecd.org/dataoecd/20/9/37130691.htm) Note this page includes external links to the World economy (www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/37/18988469.htm) and the European Union (EU) (www.oecd.org/dataoecd/28/14/18640945.htm).
Sources of macroeconomic data
Think tanks
Language support
Academic web pages of note
Famous economists
Models
Sources of macroeconomic data
The fast-food equivalent for macroecononomic statistics is Economagic (www.economagic.com/ecb.htm) where you can get carry-out instant plots of major series from the European Central Bank (ECB). For the do-it-yourselfer it is easy to fill spreadsheets with the ECB's Monthly Bulletin statistics for the Euro area (www.ecb.int/stats/services/downloads/html/index.en.html). The International Monetary Fund (IMF) provides links to statistics for about fifty countries (dsbb.imf.org/Applications/web/sddscountrylist/). Some people want to have the world at their mouse: so here is the United Nations' global list of national statitical internet sites (unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/inter-natlinks/refs3.htm).
213.225.136.206/mfsd/iadb/NewInterMed.asp
Bank of England Statistical Interactive Database.
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/Economic_Data_and_Tools/Forecast_for_the_UK_Economy/data_forecasts_index.cfm?
Forecasts for the UK Economy is a summary of published material reflecting the views of forecasting organisations.
epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=1996,45323734&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&screen=welcomeref&open=/&product=EU_shorties&depth=2
Eurostats’ Short-term Economic Indicators
pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt_index.php
The Penn-World-Table displays a set of national accounts economic time series covering many countries. Its expenditure entries are denominated in a common set of prices in a common currency so that real quantity comparisons can be made, both between countries and over time. It also provides information about relative prices within and between countries, as well as demographic data and capital stock estimates.
www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_34245_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
National accounts page for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) gives plenty of good background and data for the national accounts for the 30 member countries of the OECD.
www.oanda.com/convert/classic
FXConverter (Foreign Exchange Currency Converter) is a multi-lingual Currency Converter with up to date exchange rates provided from leading market data contributors and is filtered for validity.
www.bls.gov/fls/
An excellent compendium of comparative labour statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Labour.
www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html
The International Data Base (IDB) of the U.S. Bureau of the Census is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.
epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=1090,30070682,1090_33076576&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Eurostat home page will probably disappoint more than it delights and is included here solely for the sake of completeness.
Other sites to find country specific information.
www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm Recent IMF country reports.
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/ Browse World Bank reports and documents by country.
www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/ Official Government Statistics on the Web of the University of Auckland library.
www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/
The classic macrohistory database of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has some coverage of the United Kingdom, France and Germany, although it predominantly covers the United States.
Think tanks
www.cepr.org/default_static.htm
Centre for Economic Policy Research
www.nber.org/
National Bureau of Economic Research
epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=1072,41778532&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Business cycle research institutes (Eurostat list of links)
Language support
europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/Controller
Eurodicautom is the multilingual terminological database of the European Commission's Translation Service.
www.investorwords.com/
With over 6,000 definitions and 20,000 links between related terms, InvestorWords is a comprehensive financial glossary. English language.
tradition.axone.ch/
TermFinance: A four-language glossary on derivative instruments English, French, German Italian. Over 5000 terms produced by AXONE Services & Développement S.A. and the InfoCentre Financier of the Geneva Stock Exchange.
Academic web pages of note
www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Economics/Growth/
Economic Growth Resources by Jonathan Temple at Bristol University is a fine specialty site.
www.j-bradford-delong.net/
Brad DeLong's website at UC Berkeley is a lucious garden that needs a pruning. Something for everybody however.
http://www.pkarchive.org/
Professor Paul Krugman of Princeton and regular OP-ED columnist for the New York Times has achieved the distinction of having an unofficial Paul Krugman webpage assembled by a devout Krugmaniac. This site is as good an archive of Krugman's popular writings as one could ever hope for.
Famous Economists
nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/
The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel - Links to the Laureates. Note that beginning with the Sen prize in 1998, there are videos of the Nobel presentations by the laureates.
www.minneapolisfed.org/pubs/region/int.cfm
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Interviews with noted economists and central bankers
mitworld.mit.edu/video/76/
Video panel discussion at MIT (Sept 2000) Franco Modigliani, Paul Samuelson, Robert Solow. The U.S. Economy: The Last 50 Years and the Next 50 Years
www.cesifo-group.de/portal/page?_pageid=36,34748&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Video lectures on economics from CES/Ifo in Munich Germany.
elsa.berkeley.edu/users/train/interviews.html
Interviews with Berkeley economists (e.g. Akerlof, Obstfeld, Yellen) is something produced in-house at UC Berkeley but better than watching home videos.
www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/w3/w3collie/krugman/krugman.htm
Honorary doctorate ceremony for Paul Krugman with video, pictures and text (4. December 1998, Berlin)
www.cato.org/realaudio/monconf17/index.html
At the Cato Institute's 17th Annual Monetary Conference (October 21, 1999), leading policy-makers and monetary experts discussed the current global monetary order and proposals for improving it. Those proposals range from dollarization to a new Bretton Woods system to private competing currencies. Video is available of the proceedings. Plenty of heavyweights.
Models
www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/economy/
Biz/ed / Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) 'Virtual Economy'. At the heart of the Virtual Economy are sophisticated computer models which are very similar to those the Chancellor and his advisors use to prepare the Budget and to keep the economy on track. The model is based around No.11 Downing St. - the Chancellor's house and office.
fxgame.oanda.com/
The OANDA FX Trading Game allows you to play the currency market under real market conditions. This "exchange" is for DEMO purposes ONLY. All currency amounts associated with the "Exchange" have no actual monetary value. After registration, OANDA will credit your account with USD $100,000 fictitious money to be utilized for currency trading while playing the game. The Trading System is intended for informational and enjoyment purposes only and is not intended to be used as investment advice.
fairmodel.econ.yale.edu/main2.htm
The FAIRMODEL site will keep you busy. It brings the power of large scale macroeconometric analysis to anyone with access to the internet. Designed for a variety of users: for business forecasters, government policy analysts, macroeconomic researchers, teachers, and students (well, really good students). The site is completely free and you can:
• Work with a U.S. macroeconometric model (the US model) or a multicountry econometric model (the MC1 model or the MC2 model) to forecast, do policy analysis, and examine historical episodes. For example, you can change government policy variables and examine the estimated effects of the changes.
• Table and graph online and/or download all or part of the historical data, forecast data, and data you may have created.
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