Data Sources

Asset and Liabilites of US Banks. From the Federal Reserve.

Statistical Data Warehouse. From the ECB.

FRED. The St. Louis Fed. Very good for charts.

The EONIA rate (European Overnight Interest Average)

Volume of overnight unsecured lending in the Euro area.

The ECB's Balance Sheet.

The Fed's Balance Sheet (Factors Supplying Funds is Assets, Factors Absorbing Funds is Liabilities)

Selected Interest Rates from the Federal Reserve.

Economics Blogs That Sometimes Cover Issues Related to this Course

Calculated Risk. The top site for US economic news, with a particular focus on housing.

FT Alphaville. Detailed coverage of financial news stories.

Felix Salmon. Reuters blog on financial issues.

Economist’s View. Academic Mark Thoma from Oregon offers views and links to articles on the US economy.

Econbrowser. US macroeconomic commentary from academics Menzie Chinn and Jim Hamilton.

Institute for International and European Affairs Blog. Covers European issues.

Monetary Dialogue with the ECB. Not a blog but lots of papers by leading European economists on monetary policy issues.

Irish Economy. Mostly unrelated to this class but occasional articles on banking issues.