Resources
Some interesting commentary and blogs for reading:
Vox EU
David Andolfatto's blog
Stephen Williamson's blog
John Cochrane's blog
Scott Sumner's blog "The Money Illusion"
FRED Economic Data
World Bank data
ILO data
IMF macroeconomic and financial data
UNCTAD trade and development data
Trade Map data
UN Comtrade data Learning resources:
Lectures in Quantitative Economics
SQLBolt
Search and Matching in Macro and Finance (SaMMF) Lecture Series