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Here we intend to collect resources to get a greater understanding of economic issues, especially those related to the Eurozone economy and the role of the ECB.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
 
(for teachers and students)
Teaching Economic Concepts Using the Internet
Economic Education Pages at Federal Reserve Bank Sites
Economics Resources for University and College Teaching
Other Economic Education Sites
Resources for economic literacy

TOOLS
What is a Dollar Worth? -- computes the value in current dollars of a good or service purchased in a previous year.
Dictionary of economic terms
Economics Challenge -- test your economic wits
Biz/ed Question Bank - Economics
The stock market game
Loan and Mortgage Calculator
Looking for answers? Ask Dr. Econ
Equilibria chat

E-MONEY AND BANKING

Banking On The Internet, New York Fed 's
Comprehensive Consumer Guide To Electronic Banking.
ON LINE COURSES
Financial Analysis in Personal Financial Planning, UCLA Extension Course.
This online course covers the basic analytic tools and mathematical techniques used in personal financial planning and introduces the economic concepts underlying the profession. Economic concepts covered include national income accounting, the Federal Reserve System, economic indicators, recessions, depression, inflation, deflation, supply and demand, and the money supply.
Peanuts & Crackerjacks, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
An Internet-based curriculum package that uses sports to illustrate a connection between economics and every day life.
International Banking and Finance, Open Learning Australia.
This module covers the international banking and finance environment, Australian banks as seen from an international perspective, the use of direct payments, letters of credit, guarantees and bonds in international trade, exchange rate systems and foreign exchange markets and procedures relating to international lending and finance.
Fed 101, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
FED101 provides an interactive, anytime, digitized resource to the Federal Reserve System with links to regional bank resources and homepages.
Macroeconomics, Athabasca University Canada´s Open University.
Deals with the aggregate economy, the total of all individual units or subcomponents of an economic system. It examines issues that attract a great deal of public attention—inflation, interest rates, unemployment, economic growth, banking, and international trade.
Commercial Banking and Finance, Open Learning Australia.
This module covers the nature and principles of commercial banking and finance, changing organisational structures, banking risks, returns and capital adequacy, funds management and attracting deposits, lending, and financial institution policy.
Fed Card Trivia, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Take the FedCard portrait series trivia test. Do you know which president is on the $100 bill?
Financial Institutions and Markets, Open Learning Australia.
This module covers the role of the public sector in the economy, the revolutions in banking and the financial world, money and monetary policy, how finance and resource allocation are related, regulation and de-regulation and the structure and development of the Australian financial system.
 
Education tools
MacroEconomic Data: A User's Guide
Further reading
Beyond Economic Growth
Book On Line
• What is development?
• How can we compare levels of development?
• What does it take to make development sustainable?
Globalisation quiz

Economist.com
Can you make sense of an integrating world?
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