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Prices
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Briefing Rooms: Food CPI, Prices, and Expenditures 
 U.S. food price forecasts for the consumer price index (CPI) of food consumed away from home and food at home, provided in categories such as meat, dairy, produce, and baked goods. Includes an explanation of how forecasts are developed, current food price outlook, comparisons with past years, and papers and audio features on topics such as rising food prices, taxing snack foods, and product costs. From the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/CPIFoodAndExpenditures/ Topics: Money Last updated Apr 9, 2008 The Federal Reserve Board: Frequently Asked Questions: Monetary Policy
Brief questions and answers about "monetary policy [which] refers to the actions undertaken by a central bank, such as the Federal Reserve, to influence the availability and cost of money and credit as a means of helping to promote national economic goals." Includes answers to question about the federal funds rate, the discount rate, and how the Federal Reserve maintains the stability of the U.S. financial system. From the Federal Reserve Board (FRB). http://www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/faq/faqmpo.htm Topics: Money Last updated Mar 17, 2008 Financial Bubbles
This presentation from 2006 "explores some of the extraordinary similarities between the South Sea Bubble of 1720 and the recent technology bubble." Features a movie, gallery of historical images, related links, and a reading list on the South Sea Bubble, high-tech bubble, and the history of financial speculation. From the Baker Library, Harvard Business School. http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/historicalreturns/fb/ Topics: Economics, Money Last updated May 13, 2008 Penn World Table
The Penn World Table (PWT) "provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 188 countries for some or all of the years 1950-2004." Find data from PWT 6.2 (1950-2004, 2000 as base year) and PWT 6.1 (1950-2000, 1996 as base year), documentation, and related material. Data may be generated as a table or in other formats. From the Center for International Comparisons of Production, Income and Prices, University of Pennsylvania. http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt_index.php Topics: Economics, Money Last updated Nov 20, 2006 |
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