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Macroeconomics and Agriculture: Related Links

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International Organizations

Bank for International Settlements is an international organization that fosters cooperation among central banks and other agencies in pursuit of monetary and financial stability.

United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistical Databases (FAOSTAT) provide major international statistics on agriculture, fisheries, and forestry, including agricultural trade, production, and food balance-sheet data.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) offers access to a search engine of IMF publications. This is a valuable source of information on international macroeconomic issues.

United Nations, Project Link provides access to Project Link papers and forecasts. Project Link is a cooperative, nongovernmental, international research activity that integrates independently developed national econometric models into a global econometric model.

World Bank, World Development Reports offer information on the economic, social, and environmental state of the world.

Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board, Economic Research and Data provides access to Fed research.

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Economic Research Department accesses research at the Kansas City Fed and a large database.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Economic Research accesses a large set of macroeconomic data links and research at the St. Louis Fed.

U. S. Government

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis accesses a large body of U.S. national income accounting data.

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics provides access to a wide range of statistics on the U.S. consumer price index, employment, productivity, and import and export unit values.

Executive Office of the President, Council of Economic Advisers provides the President with objective economic analysis and advice on the development and implementation of a wide range of domestic and international economic policy issues.

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration provides access to energy and energy-related statistics for the United States and the world.

U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, International Database offers direct access to the Census Bureau's population database.

U.S. International Trade Commission is a quasi-judicial federal agency that provides trade expertise to both the legislative and executive branches of government, determines the impact of imports on U.S. industries, and directs actions against certain unfair trade practices, such as patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.

USDA, National Agricultural Library, National Agricultural Library Digital Repository (NALDR) offers online browsing of historical ERS Agricultural Economic Reports and Agriculture Information Bulletins.

Universities

University of Maryland, INFORUM, EconData provides access to a large body of published macroeconomic data.

University of British Columbia, Pacific Exchange Rate Service provides access to current and historic daily exchange rates through an online database retrieval and plotting system.

 

For more information, contact: Mathew Shane, David Torgerson, or Paul Sundell

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Updated date: June 12, 2009