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Macroeconomics , Sixth Edition
William Boyes, Arizona State University
Michael Melvin, Arizona State University
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Chapter 8: Unemployment and Inflation


Bureau of Labor Statistics - Most Requested Statistics
The most requested labor market statistics (including statistics for local and regional areas).

Comparative Labor Force Statistics: Ten Countries, 1959-2003
Selected international labor force statistics for 10 countries: the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, and 6 European countries.

Consumer Price Index Conversion Tables (provided by Robert Sahr)
A listing of conversion factors needed to convert prices from any year between 1665 and 2014 (estimated) into 2004 dollars.

Consumer Price Index Home Page
This page, provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, provides information about the construction of the CPI.

Economagic Time Series Page
This page, provided by Ted Bos, contains links to online sources of economic data (including much financial market data).

Economic Report of the President The Economic Report of the President contains a good discussion of recent U.S. macroeconomic performance. The site listed above contains a searchable version of each recent report since 1996. If you prefer, you may also browse through the full text of the Economic Report of the President.

Employment and Unemployment Statistics: Most Recent Release
This site, provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, contains the most recent statistical information on U.S. labor market conditions.

Inflation Calculator (NASA)
This Java Script based calculator uses the implicit GDP deflator to perform conversions from nominal prices to real prices (for any year between 1940 and the present -- in fact, estimated values of the implicit GDP deflator can be used to convert prices up until the year 2005). The use of this site, however, requires a JavaScript enabled browser.

Macroeconomic data sites
An extensive collection of links to sources of current and historical macroeconomic data.



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