Useful Internet Links for Economics

Financial Times Newspaper http://news.ft.com/home/uk (for up to date news and report)

Bank of England http://www.bankofengland.co.uk

www.business.com (Search Engine)

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) http://www.dti.gov.uk

Times 100 http://www.thetimes100.co.uk (Case Studies)

Trade Unions Congress (TUC) http://www.tuc.org.uk

Be Your Own Chancellor 2003 http://www.bbc.co.uk ( Developed by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the Budget game allows one to set tax and spending levels in the UK . The economic model will then inform you whether you have saved the day or ruined the economy.)

We advise you read spreadsheet newspapers. The Financial Times and The Economist are most useful resources.

Revision

BizEd - http://www.bized.ac.uk/stafsup/options/option.htm
BizEd includes - quite unusually - the International Baccalaureate requirements. The site has an ever enlarging database of company facts, which have been written by the actual companies with students in mind. There are graded resources for pupils over 16.

Tutor2u Economics - http://www.tutor2u.co.uk/economics
This is a quality site. Revision resources, essay plans, links, an active forum, advice from an A-Level examiner are all available. This is certainly the leader of the field.