Economic Data and Forecast Sites

Asian Business Watch: This site provides investment and financial market information and business development assistance in Asia. Asian stock markets, industry trends, foreign exchange, charts and slide shows in Acrobat Ô pdf files are provided. The content here is excellent. http://www.asianbusinesswatch.com/

BankAmerica: This site provides a very good economic commentary covering the United States, international, foreign exchange, investment strategies, and special reports. http://www.bankofamerica.com/index.cfm

Bureau of Labor Statistics: This U.S. agency's site provides considerable date and current releases on employment and labor trends. http://www.bls.gov

Department of Commerce: This U.S. agency's site provides excellent economic data and trade information. http://www.commerce.gov/

Federal Open Market Committee Beige Book: This report is published eight times a year. Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its District through reports from Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key businessmen, economists, market experts, and other sources. http://www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/BeigeBook/2005/

Federal Reserve System: The sites of the Federal Reserve Board and banks provide data, forecasts (FOMC forecasts), publications, working papers, and regulatory information. Each site is different, however, so you have to check them all.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: http://www.federalreserve.gov

Federal Reserve District Bank of Atlanta: http://www.frbatlanta.org/

Federal Reserve District Bank of Boston: http://www.bos.frb.org/

Federal Reserve District Bank of Chicago: http://www.chicagofed.org/

Federal Reserve District Bank of Cleveland: http://www.clevelandfed.org/index.cfm

Federal Reserve District Bank of Dallas: http://www.dallasfed.org/

Federal Reserve District Bank of Kansas City: http://www.kc.frb.org

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/

Federal Reserve of New York: http://www.ny.frb.org/

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: http://www.phil.frb.org/

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: http://www.rich.frb.org/

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: http://www.frbsf.org/

Federal Reserve of St. Louis: http://www.stls.frb.org

FedStats: This is a new site that links to statistics for over 70 government agencies. This site has a useful list of the more requested tables from the Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the U.S. http://www.fedstats.gov

Global Financial Data: This extremely interesting site provides hard-to-find historical data on a host of financial variables including the stock market, interest rates, and exchange rates for a number of countries. Most of the data must be purchased. http://www.globalfindata.com

International Finance Corporation: This site of the World Bank affiliate provides valuable economic information on developing markets in its "Emerging Markets Data Base." Useful country fact sheets are also available. http://www.ifc.org/

Merrill Lynch: This site provides daily midday and closing market discussions and downloadable pdf files of research reports covering Global Research Highlights, Fixed Income Weekly, and Currency & Bond Market Trends. http://www.ml.com/

Whitehouse Economic Statistics Briefing Room: A site providing current economic statistics from other government agencies on the topics output, income, employment, production, prices, money and credit, transportation and international. Hotlinks to the agencies are provided. http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

World Bank: World Bank releases, information and publications. The topics include development issues, regional economic, social, and political information, and special reports. http://www.worldbank.org/