Economics

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Agriculture Fact Book
Who's farming American farms?  What do Americans eat?  Find out the answers to these questions and more including information about rural income and poverty, foreign ownership of farms, and much more about our nation's agriculture industry.

A Brief History of Our Nation's Paper Money
Did you know that during much of the 17th and 18th centuries, the Spanish Dollar coin served as the unofficial national currency of the American colonies?  To make change, the dollar was actually cut into eight pieces or "bits."  Thus came the terms, "pieces of eight" from these early times and "two bits" from our time.  Find out more interesting bits of history of American currency from this delightful site of the Federal Reserve Board of San Francisco.

Fair Model (Macro Economic Modeling)
This site brings the power of large scale macroeconometric analysis to anyone with access to the internet. It is a resource for business forecasters, government policy analysts, macroeconomic researchers, teachers, and students.

EDGAR
The Security Exchange Commission regulates companies that sell stock.  To learn more about how the stock market works, visit their site and se their EDGAR database to learn more about company financial reports.

FedStats
A searchable database to a gateway of to statistics from over 100 Federal U.S. agencies.

Great Economists and Their Times
To understand history, really understand history is to understand the principle of commerce and money.  This very informative and interesting site by the Federal Reserve Board of San Francisco is a great addition to anyone's historical knowledge.