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