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h2. Fee Based Resources

[SSRN|http://www.ssrn.com/]

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences.  A main component is the Economics Research Network.  The site contains free and fee-based information.

h2. Free Resources

Current Economic Conditions - [Federal Reserve Board|http://www.federalreserve.gov/FOMC/BeigeBook/2007/]

Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its District through reports from Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources. The Beige Book summarizes this information by District and sector

Economic Indicators - [Council of Economic Advisors|http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/index.html]

This monthly compilation is prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisors and provides economic information on prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance.

[Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)|http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/]

The FRED system provides historical U.S. economic and financial data in 12 broad categories: business/fiscal data, daily/weekly U.S. financial data, exchange rate/balance of payments data, GDP, monthly commercial banking data, monthly CPI, monthly employment and population data, monthly interest rates, monthly monetary data, monthly PPI, monthly reserves data and regional data (for Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee). The site is sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

[RePec |http://repec.org/]

{color:#ff6633}Re{color}search {color:#ff6633}P{color}apers in {color:#ff6633}Ec{color}onomics) is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 58 countires and 34 US states to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components.