Global Economic Commentary and Research
| Top |	These sites provide commentary on the world ecconomy and they also provides heaps of country data. Students interested in researfching acountry will find almost everything they need in the way of statistics and commenatry available from these online databases. OECD Look for the OECD's country reports and their economic outlook statement which is published quarterly. These usually contain commentary and forecasts on not only the Australian economy but all major economies in the world. Go to the OECD economic Department Home page and take the link for the preliminary versions of their economic outlook statements. IMF Check the IMF's world economic survey and country reports. These contain commentary and forecast on the Australian Economy .IMF Staff Country Reports Check the IMF surveys and go World Economic Outlook United Nations Eco Stats The United Nations provides a great deal of material on the world economy check the links below. United Nations Home UN Reports on the World Economy UN Economic and Social Development Pages Welcome to the WTO World Trade Organisation heaps of useful stats and commenatry. The World Bank Group World Bank provides loads of country data and heaps of information on economic development. CIA World Fact Book Great place for getting the basic facts of a country. EBRD, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
	Business Global EconomicCommentary
| Top |	These sites provide global as well as country specific economic commentaries. For people interested in global economic trends they are useful places to look. The commentary however isdesigned for professional economists and hence can be difficult Bank of America Home a comprehensive section dealing with all the world major economies often includes forecasts . Go Bank of America Weekly Global Economic Briefings JP Morgans Home JP Morgans provides a global economic overview which sometimes includes Australia .Go GEF Citibank Home Citibank offers a global economic Commentary and a foreign currency section. These reports are accessible through the US site at Citibank Investments Ing Baring Ing Baring provide an global economic overview focusing on Europe at Ing Baring Economic Outlook Barclays Offshore Banking They provide edited highlight of their global economic research, Go News > Latest News > Economic Reports. Try country reports and updates. Salomon Barney This site provides a global equities round up and contains a section on currencies
	International Credit ratings Agencies
	These provide links to the agencies which rate Australia's International credit worthiness. The media release section of these sites can make interesting reading.  Moody's Investors Service Standard Poor's Ratings Services
	US Economic Commentary
	These sites provide analysis and commenatrya on theUS economy. Worth a look especially the dismal scientist and the forecast centre.
| Top |	Financial Forecast Centre Wells Fargo The Wells Fargo site carries a US economic outlook commentary and a good foreign exchange section. Washington State office Forecast Council This site contains forecasts for the US economy in PDF format. Bureau Economic Analysis Great source of statistics on the US economy if you ant some background. Dismal Scientist a good overveiw of US economy but very busy. Bondtrac Home Page
	Selected Central Banks
| Top |	US Federal Reserve Check Humphrey Hawkins, Beige Book and Alan Greenspans speeches Bank of England Check the Inflation report and Monetary Policy Commentary BundesBank English See the Monthly report and Statistics BundesBank Home Bank of Japan See Monthly Report available in English and see Bank of Japan Statistics The Yahoo List of Central Banks Japan Centre for Economic Research This site provides both forecasts and commentary on the Japanese economy. Centre's Economic Forecasts Central Banks of the World -- Central Banking Resource Center s
	Current World Market News
| Top |	InfoBeat News Excite. Provides key economic articles and information on world markets. CNNfn - markets This provides current information on world exchange rates and world interest rates. A good place for up to date global economic commentary.CNNfn - the financial network CNN also have a currencies section CNNfn - Currencies market. Bloomberg Online: Website This carries reports on Australia and the daily value of our currency. It is mainly concerned however with the states. Financial Times Information Home Page This service focuses mainly on European economies. Wall Street News Forecasts. Market Guide A new and cheap American global information provider. BusinessWorld Online Edition -- Markets This site focuses mainly on Asian markets. DBC Online: Global Markets This is an expensive global information provider. Yahoo! Finance - International Markets For information on global economic developments Wall Street News Forecasts. Market Guide A new and cheap American global information provider. BusinessWorld Online Edition -- Markets This site focuses mainly on Asian markets. DBC Online: Global Markets This is an expensive global information provider. Yahoo! Finance - International Markets For information on global economic developments QuoteWatch DollarSwing Investment Advisory The Senior Economist Today's Hot Markets U.S. Treasuries - Street Pricing Service Welcome to IndustryWeek Welcome to PointCast Provides customisable software whichj allows real time veiwing of cuurenmt market indices and news etc. Policy.com Homepage Great place for commenty on economicv issues. INO Global Markets