General Economics Resources Online

Portals

Economy.com A portal to a comprehensive collection of news, data and analysis on the global economy.

Economics Links (University of Victoria, B.C.) A diverse list of economics resources.

Economics Search Engine (Selected from RFE and EDIRC web sites).

Global Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Site (Developed by Nouriel Roubini, Stern School of Business, New York University)

International Economics Gateway (Alta Plana Corporation)

Internet Site for Economists (INOMICS) This site provides conference announcements, job openings, a human edited directory and a search engine for economic information.

Liber8 (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) A portal to economic information form regional, national, and international sources.

Resources for Economists on the Internet (RFE) Sponsored by the American Economic Association, this site, links to over 1000 economic resources for academic and practicing economists.

Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) Maintained by the Economic and Social Research Council, the UK's leading research agency for the social sciences. The section on economics is extensive and  international in scope. Resource listings are well annotated.

WebEc  (Helsinki School of Economics) An extensive index to free economics information on the Web.

WWW Virtual Library: International Economics Provides an exhaustive collection of links to sources on International economics.

Business, Banking & Finance

Federal Reserve Board Illustrates the 12 Federal Reserve Districts and provides links to the individual bank web sites.

FinanceAsia.com Provides daily analysis of capital markets and corporate finance activity throughout Asia.

Foreign Exchange Rates (CNN Financial Network) Updated continuously and includes currency converter.

International Economics & Business (Shippensburg University) Links to web sites in the areas of International trade, finance, business and development.

Virtual International Business & Economic Sources (VIBES) (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) "Provides over 1600 links to Internet sources of international business and economic information ..."

Country Analysis

EIU Country Commerce (Harvard I.D. and PIN) Operating conditions, commercial laws, and business regulations of approximately 60 countries worldwide. Provides detailed analysis on business environment, regulatory framework, trading risks, key economic indicators, and chief trading partners.

EIU Country Reports (Harvard I.D. and PIN) Quarterly analysis of the economic, political and business environments of more than 180 countries. Each quarterly report includes the latest economic indicators along with a 12-24 month political and economic projection.

ISI Emerging Markets (Harvard I.D. and PIN) Financial, economic, and political news and data for the emerging markets in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

OECD Economic Surveys The online companion to the print series provides an economic Assessment and Recommendationsessay for OECD member countries. 

World Bank Country Profiles The focus of this web site is on developing countries, using key indicators to trace trends in economic and social development. 

Job Openings

Job Openings for Economists (JOE) Jointly managed by the American Economic Association and the Economics Department of the University of Texas at Austin.  JOE is published  monthly except January and July and is updated on the 5th of the month.

Job Openings (INOMICS) The International Site for Economists provides a weekly update of jobs and an alert service that notifies you weekly by email of new job openings.

Jobs in Economics (Chronicle of Higher Education) Published weekly. 

University Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers

American Economic Association (AEA) Directory of Members Listings provide research fields, biographical information, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses.

Directory of International Economists (International Economics and Finance Society)  Provides e-mail address only.

Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World (EDIRC) Listed by country and economic focus.

International Directory of Finance and Economics Professionals (Brown University) Leans heavily to finance.

Capitale Sociale (University of Rome) This English language site covers various elements of Social Capital research.

Working Papers

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Online publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

New Economics Papers (NEP) A free subscription alert service.

RePEc (Reasearch Papers in Economics)  Provides links to citations for over 125, 000 working papers and 95,000 journal articles. Many of the working papers are available in full-text. 

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) (Harvard I.D. and PIN) Links to working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers from non-governmental organizations, conference proceedings, etc.

EconWPA This award winning site was maintained by the Economics Department of Washington University with links to working papers in 22 economics subject areas. This link now leads to the archive of the former site.