For a fast start, go directly to the index for FRED data sets , which have links to GDP data, price data, employment data, financial and monetary data, exchange rate and regional data. This directory contains data on money supply, interest rates, flow of funds tables, industrial production and capacity utilization, and other data from the Federal Reserve Board. This server provides a huge amount of information on population, households, economic indicators, sectors in the economy, Statistical Abstracts, and much more. The Library of Congress Web site provides the full text of legislation for House and Senate bills searchable by keywords or bill number, the full text of the Congressional Record, daily accounts of proceedings on House and Senate floors, and the text of How Our Laws Are Made by Edward F. Willett, Jr., House Law Revision Counsel. More generally, the Library of Congress Web pages also provide historical collections and descriptions of some of the Library's special collections, and several exhibits.
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The purpose of some web sites is to provide information to assist economics teaching and educators. Other sites are useful for teaching because they can be the basis of economics classroom exercises that generate economic exploration by students. A third type of teaching site is the course homepage created by the teacher to support a particular course. These course homepages, which include syllabi, assignments, projects, communication through listservs or chat groups, can also be useful browsing for other economics teachers when preparing a new course. In addition to those below, many other specialty sites are available, for example, covering experimental economics, antitrust economics, economics and the law, etc.