Useful Links

Official Data
UK Office for National Statistics	German Federal Statistics Office
INSEE	Census Bureau

Central Banks
Bank of England	Bank of Japan (English)
Central Banking's website	Bundesbank
Central Banking's list of central bank websites	European Central Bank
Bank for International Settlements	Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Canada (English)

Affinity links
David Smith's Guide to Economic Websites - 2008
National Association for Business Economics (NABE)
Canadian Association for Business Economics

Members' Favourites
The SBE welcomes the views of its members on their favourite economic websites. If you would like to contribute to this list, please use the simple form to your right to provide the link to the website(s) and the reasons for your choice(s)

David Smith's New Guide to Economic Websites	David Smith provides a comprehensive review of his favourite economics websites. Updated February 2008

www.anz.com/business	Is the site of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. Their regular quarterly economic outlook could be very useful for anyone involved in this region. In addition, they produce excellent country briefs, mainly on Far Eastern economies, but occasionally on some others too. David Ashby.

www.jgfr.co.uk	This site provides regular updates on the mood of the UK consumer containing details of the latest GfK NOP UK consumer confidence survey undertaken for The European Commission together with the quarterly UK Financial activity survey that monitors consumers expected savings, investment and borrowing activity in the next 6 months.

News Sites
News Feeds on SBE	US News
FT.com - the Financial Times on the web	The New York Times
CNN	Sky News
Bloomberg	Wall Street Journal
Electronic Telegraph	Far Eastern Economic Review
The Times Internet Edition	Asia Pacific Economic Review
The Guardian / Observer	Pacific Economic Review
NIKKEI NET	The Economeister
The Economist

Research
National Bureau of Economic Research Homepage
International Financial Services London
OXONIA, the Oxford Institute of Economic Policy
London Business School Centre for Economic Forecasting
The Centre for Economics and Business Research
The Brookings Institution	OECD
Business Strategies Ltd	World Bank
IMF	Morgan Stanley

Official Organisations
www.imf.org	Is the web-site of the International Monetary Fund. It provides detailed data and information on all countries, including many IMF ‘letters of intent’ with emerging countries.
www.worldbank.org	Is the site of the World Bank. Again, data and information on countries is available.
www.oecd.org	Is the site for the OECD, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It contains data, information and analysis for the major industrial nations.
www.federalreserve.gov	Is the site of the US Federal Reserve. Excellent research can also be obtained from the regional Federal Reserve banks, which can be accessed via the this site.
www.ecb.int	Is the English site of the European Central Bank. Individual European central banks also publish a wide range of research.
www.bankofengland.co.uk	Is the site of the Bank of England
www.boj.or.jp/en	Is the English site for the Bank of Japan.
www.bis.org	Is the site of the Bank for international settlements. Based in Basle this is the bank for central banks. It provides data and research on many topics in the financial markets.
www.direct.gov.uk	DirectGov provides information on all aspects of the UK public sector, including the Budget.

Official Organisations
CIA World Fact Book	Is a site run by the CIA providing a wealth of demographic, government structure and other information by country.
www.iijpm.com	Is the site of the Journal of Portfolio Management.
www.afajof.org	Is the site of the Journal of Finance.
www.iie.com	Is the site of the Institute of International Economics in Washington. Contains numerous papers and studies on international economic issues.
www.nber.org	Is the site of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the US organisation that dates business cycles. It contains useful data and research on past business cycles.
www.tutor2u.net	Is a site aimed at A-level students in the UK. It has a wealth of economics information, explaining concepts in a straightforward way, as well as very useful links to other sites.
www.bulletpoint.com	Contains comprehensive information on the latest management thinking. The site contains articles and reports that are of practical interest to managers and delivered in a short, easy-to-read style.
www.bloomberg.co.uk	Provides information on bond markets.
www.bp.com	Is the site of BP Plc, the British oil company. Included is BP’s annual energy review, one of the best sources of data on oil and other energy sources, with data in PDF and excel format.
www.iea.org	Is the site of the International Energy Agency, another good source of energy data.
www.freetheworld.com	Is the site for the Economic Freedom Index.
www.spglobal.com	Gives past data and analysts’ expectations for stock earnings on the S&P 500 index.
www.stern.nyu.edu/	Is a site run by Nouriel Roubini at the Stern School of Business in New York, containing useful articles and press cuttings on current major economic and financial topics.
www.wws.princeton.edu	Is the new site of Paul Krugman, a famous US economist. It covers many topical issues as well as some more academic issues.
www.econ.yale.edu/	Is the site of Professor Robert Shiller, author of Irrational Exuberance and an expert on US financial markets and behaviourist investment theory.
www.halifaxplc.com	Is a site belonging to HBOS, a UK bank, which provides UK house price data.
www.nabe.com	Is the site of the National Association of Business Economists (for the US) and provides excellent links to information sources.
www.economics.com	The Tutor2u UK website
www.economagic.com/	Contains a vast array of US data going back to the 1950s for free
americanexpress.com	Contains the Economics for Investment publications, produced by the author and his team.
www.dbresearch.com	Is the web-site of Deutsche Bank research. Contains forecasts and commentary.
www.bmo.com/economic/	Is the web-site of the Bank of Montreal run by Chief Economist Tim O’Neill. Contains forecasts and commentary for the major countries.

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