Economics: Economic Policy & Public Finance

The Federal Reserve's duties fall into four general areas: (1) conducting the nation's monetary policy; (2) supervising and regulating banking institutions and protecting the credit rights of consumers; (3) maintaining the stability of the financial system; and (4) providing certain financial services to the U.S. government, the public, financial institutions, and foreign official institutions.

The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. It overviews the nation's economic progress using narrative and extensive data appendices.

Issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year.

From the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Economic Policy Research Paper Series offers staff an opportunity to disseminate their preliminary research findings in a format intended to generate discussion and critical comments.

The House Ways and Means Committee Green Book provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation.

Aims to provide the Congress with the objective, timely, nonpartisan analyses needed for economic and budget decisions and with the information and estimates required for the Congressional budget process.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. GAO gathers information to help Congress determine how well executive branch agencies are doing their jobs. GAO is often called the "congressional watchdog" because it investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.

The Tax Policy Center is a joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. The TPC provides timely, accessible analysis and facts about tax policy to policymakers, journalists, citizens, and researchers.

The World Bank Group works with governments to enhance the management of public resources in pursuit of growth, development, and poverty reduction, while aiming to strengthen transparency and accountability.

The main job of the OMB is to assist the President to prepare the United States budget. The OMB also measures the quality of agency programs, policies, and procedures and to determine if they comply with the President's policies.

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a non-profit, non-partisan think tank, was created to broaden discussions about economic policy to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers. Their site contains information about their research activities and related publications.