Economic Current Event and News Resources:
The Economist
The Wall Street Journal
The Financial Times
Yahoo Finance
Bloomberg.com
Reuters.com
Dismal Scientist
Data Sources:
The Federal Reserve (Board of Governors)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Economic Analysis
FRED
(Lots of easy to access macro data!!!)
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The World Bank
The International Monetary Fund
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
OECD
European Central Bank (ECB)
Bank of Japan
Bank of England
Other Economics Related Sites:
National Bureau of Economic Research:
NBER
Social Science Research Network:
SSRN
President's Council of Economic Advisors:
CEA
Congressional Budget Office:
CBO