• United States Economy
• U.S. Monetary Policy: An Introduction (document from San Francisco Fed)
• Federal Reserve Purposes and Functions
• A Better CPI (from San Francisco Fed)
• What is the Producer Price Index? Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? Consumer Price Index?
• Consumer Price Indexes [recommended]

     This CPI page, provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, contains information about the construction of the CPI. Problems in dealing with the service sector and capturing the effects of quality change are discussed at this web site. 
• Consumer Price Index Conversion Factors

     Robert Sahr provides this table of conversion factors that makes it possible to convert past prices into 1998 dollars. Conversion factors are provided for the years 1800 - 1998. 
• The Inflation Calculator

  This page contains an online calculator that converts prices in any year between 1800 and 1997 into the equivalent price in any of these years.
• Fundamental Facts about U.S. Money (FRB Atlanta)
• Understanding Open Market Operations
• Genuine or Counterfeit? (How to tell counterfeit currency)
• Checkbooklet
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about U.S. Savings Bonds
• US Monetary Policy and Financial Markets
• What is a dollar worth?
• Points of Interest (Answers such questions about interest rates as, "Why do interest rates increase or decrease?" and "Why are some rates higher than others?")
• U.S. Stock Exchanges, New York Stock Exchange
• Glossary of Financial Terms
• Economic Report of the President (prepared by the Council of Economic Advisors)

• Should the Federal Reserve Aim at Zero Inflation Policy?
• Do technological advances result in higher unemployment?
• How should the U.S. budget surplus be used?
• Is more spending on infrastructure the key to economic growth?

 NEWS ARTICLES

• The bankers' regime (By Robert Reich)
• Economists simply shrug as savings rate declines (NYT, 12/21/98)

Why is Keynesianism Fading With So Much of the World in Recession? (WSJ, 2/5/99)