• Economic Report of the President
• FY 2012 Federal Budget
• The Economist

• Census Bureau
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• FedStats Comprehensive Database
• US Bureau of Economic Analysis

This is the web site of the Department of Economics at Skidmore College. It provides information about the department's teaching programs and class resources.

Students majoring in economics learn analytical skills and methods of the field, including deductive reasoning, decision-making techniques, quantitative analysis, and modeling principles, and apply these skills in analysis of the ways in which economic forces affect national and international policies and issues. In keeping with the liberal arts tradition and goals of the College, the economics major supports the students' growth in critical thinking, problem solving, global understanding and appreciation, and communication skills. In core courses, students learn analytical and quantitative skills. In upper-level courses, students apply these analytical, quantitative, and writing skills and focus on a variety of domestic and international policy-oriented issues and engage in independent research.