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EconForecaster
An Economic Forecaster with an Attitude
SOURCES JIM READS OR USES FOR REFERENCE
The Wall Street Journal
Good reporting
USA Today
Quick way to get decent news coverage
High Frequency Economics
Read it every day--great analyses
National Bureau of Economic Research
Business cycle data and lots more
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Data source for employment, productivity
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Data source for GDP, personal income
Kindleberger
My favorite book!
Federal Reserve System
Data source for industrial production and national financial accounts
Census
Data source for demographics and retail sales
WEO
Data source for world economic data and forecasts
OECD Ecoscope
Data source for international comparisons
World Bank
Data source for less-developed countries
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