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Federal Reserve Information and Resources

• View the Federal Reserve System Fed Challenge site.
• View other Federal Reserve banks' web sites
  
• In Plain English: Making Sense of the Federal Reserve — An easy-to-read guide to the structure and functions of the Federal Reserve. Strongly recommended for all Fed Challenge participants.

• Fed in Print — An index to Federal Reserve economic research (link to San Francisco Fed)
  
• Federal Reserve Board Statistical Releases — Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual updates from the Board
  
• FRED® — The Federal Reserve's economic time-series database
  
• Sample Fed Challenge Questions — (link to Boston Fed)
  
• FOMC Simulation — (link to New York Fed)
  
• FOMC Announcements — (link to Board of Governors)

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General Information and Market Information

• CNNfn — CNN and Money magazine's financial site, with current market news
  
• Bloomberg.com — Economic news, as well as financial markets' updates
  
• Microsoft Investor — The Microsoft Network's money site
  
• USA Today — USA Today newspaper's money section
  
• The Washington Post Glossary of Business Terms — A handy glossary containing more than 1,250 economic terms
  
• U.S. Census Bureau — U.S. Department of Commerce's Census Bureau site
  
• EconomicsAmerica — The National Council on Economic Education's nationwide economic education program for grades K-12

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Economic Data

• Bureau of Economic Analysis — Economic data on a national, international, regional and industry level.
  
• Bureau of Labor Statistics — The latest numbers and detailed statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor.
  
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) — A private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works.

• NBER's Recession Dating Procedure — Lists (and answers) the frequently asked questions about how the NBER determines economic recessions.

• State of the Nation on Stat-USA — Economic reports and data hot off the press.
  
• TCB Business Cycle Indicators — Latest releases and global business cycle indicators from The Conference Board
  
• Statistical Abstract of the United States — The National Data Book, containing a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States
  
• Economic Report of the President — The entire report in PDF format for each year from 1995 to the present, as well as statistical spreadsheets for 1997-2002

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Current Economic Issues

• Monetary Policy and the Stock Market: Some Empirical Results — Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke at the Fall 2003 Banking and Finance Lecture, Widener University, Chester, Penn. — Oct. 2, 2003

• Deflation: Making Sure "It" Doesn't Happen Here — Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke before the National Economists Club, Washington, D.C., — Nov. 21, 2002

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