Syllabus: Fall 2009 (pdf)

Handouts:
Help With Citations and Bibliography
Working With Growth Rates
Endogenous Growth
Testing the Solow Model
VARs
Rational Expectations: Part I
Rational Expectations Part II

Exercises:
Growth Regressions - Growth Data - Variable Descriptions
Business Cycles - Business Cycle Data
TFP-data.xls

Links:
Fog of War: Lesson #5

Midterm Data
labor-productivity.xls
growth-data.dta

Resources:
FRED U.S. (macro data plotting and downloads)
BOG Stats (more U.S. macro data reports)
Economagic Data (macro data downloads and plotting - select subscription site if on campus)
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Monthly Economic Trends Publications (U.S. and international macro charts)
Financial Crisis Timeline (from FRB)
NBER
SSRN
Fed Testimony, Speeches, Press Releases
Bernanke Testimony to Congress, July 21, 2009
Fed Monetary Policy Report to Congress, July 21, 2009
PBS Frontline: Inside the Meltdown
IMF World Economic Outlook
UN Millenium Project
Hamilton Economics Resources on the Web Page
Burke Library Economics Resources Web Page
Goffe's Resources for Economists on the Internet
Vox EU
The Economist
The Financial Times
Economist's View Blog
Econ Browser Blog
Economic Principles Blog
Macroblog (Atlanta Fed)
The Baseline Scenario (Simon Johnson's Global Crisis site)
Economics Letter - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco