Useful web links
There are thousands of useful sites on the web, so this is only a small but useful start. Many of them contain links to numerous other sites.Institutions and central banks
- http://www.imf.org (International Monetary Fund)
- http://www.bis.org (Bank for International Settlements)
- http://www.oecd.org (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)
- http://www.worldbank.org (World Bank)
- http://www.federalreserve.gov (the site of the Federal Reserve)
- http://www.ecb.int (European Central Bank)
- http://www.boj.or.jp/en (English version of Bank of Japan)
- http://www.bankofengland.co.uk (Bank of England’s website)
- http://www.iie.com (Institute for International Economics)
News sites
- http://www.bloomberg.com (Bloomberg)
- http://www.economist.com ( The Economistmagazine)
- http://www.reuters.com (Reuters)
- http://www.thestreet.com (a financial news website)
- http://www.ft.com (the Financial Times )
- http://www.wsj.com ( Wall Street Journal )
- http://www.abyznewslinks.com (Abyz news links to newspapers from around the world)
Economic and financial data
- http://www.finance.yahoo.com – great for stock quotes and finance news.
- http://www.economagic.com – plenty of US data.
- http://www.globalfindata.com – a commercial data provider.
- http://www.econ-datalinks.org – provides links to numerous economic and data sites.
- http://www.econstats.com – free data on the US and global economy and plenty of links.
- http://www.fedstats.gov – US federal government statistics.
- http://www.research.stlouisfed.org – St Louis Federal Reserve Bank data on US and other economies.
- http://www.dbresearch.com – Deutsche Bank macro and financial data, covering differing countries and regions of the world.
Education and search
- http://www.financewise.com – a good search engine for finance sites.
- http://www.investopedia.com – a good site with plenty of definitions and information.