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Recent macro-economic and financial market data

Key reports of international organisations

Daily, weekly and monthly reports on macro-economic situation

Macro-economic projections

G7/G8 statements

Speeches

Important home pages

Links for individual OECD countries


Recent macro-economic and financial market data

[ OECD Statistics portal; todays key data releases (Bloomberg) free downloadable key data ]   

Key macro-economic data on OECD area: [ Statistical tables] [ OECD press releases on leading indicator, foreign trade, inflation, GDP, unemployment] [ Productivity and unit labour costs]  

[ Monthly world trade monitor ] [ Monthly global purchasing managers index ] [ Quarterly world economic climate index ]

[Key data on OECD countries: OECD Economic Outlook: Statistical Annex / Flashfile ]

Exchange rates (tables): [real-time rates] [ Todays key cross currency rates] [ % change 1 day, 3 months, 1 year] [ BIS effective exchange rates]

Exchange rates (graphs; real-time): [euro/US$] [US$/yen]

Exchange rates (graphs;daily rates): [ US$/euro (1)] [US$/euro (2)] [US$/euro(3)] [yen/US$] [yen/euro] [ Euro vis-a-vis US$ and yen] [ To make a customised graph]

Stock markets: [real-time indices (Yahoo)] [real-time indices (Bloomberg)] [MSCI world index] [Key stock market indices(monthly graphs)]

[ Official interest rates of US, Japan and euro area(daily; graph)] [ short-term interest rates of US, Japan and euro area(monthly; graph)] [ long-term interest rates of US, Japan and euro area(monthly; graph)] [ interest rates of major countries(real time)]

[Oil market] [Commodity prices (real time)] [HWWI commodity price indices(tables)] [HWWI commodity price indices(graphs)] [Commodity prices (IMF tables)] [International Grain Council: Grain Market Report] [Commodity briefs (Worldbank)] [FAO: food outlook (quarterly)] [Metal prices(graphs)] [Gold] [Baltic dry (index of transport costs)]  [ Daily chip price (DRAM)][Isuppli Semiconductors market watch

[ OECD in Figures 2007] [ World in Figures (Statistics Finland)] [ IMF World Economic Outlook database ] [ World Bank: World Development Indicators 2008] [ World Bank: World Trade Indicators 2008] [OECD Factbook 2008] [The World Factbook] [ ILO Labour market indicators] [ UN: Human Development Report database ] [ Groningen Growth and Development Centre databases] [ 2000 ICP: new PPPs(December 2007)]


Key reports of international organisations

[ World Bank: China Quarterly Update (June 2008)]

[ World Bank Global Development Finance 2008 (June 2008)]

[ BIS: Quarterly Review: International Banking and Financial Market Developments(June 2008)]

[ OECD Economic Outlook (June 2008) ] [ OECD Economic Outlook: Statistical Annex / Flashfile ] [Special chapters of recent OECD Economic Outlooks] [ Special chapters of recent OECD Employment Outlooks] [ OECD Economic Outlook: interim assessment(March 2008)]

[ IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2008(May 2008)]

[ European Commission: Spring/Autumn Projections (April 2008)] [ European Commission: interim assessment projections(February 2008)]

[ WTO: World Trade in 2007, prospects for 2008 (April 2008)] [ WTO: International Trade Statistics(November 2007)]

[FSF report on Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience (April 2008)] [IIF interim report on banking reforms (April 2008)] [FSF interim report on current market turbulence: causes and policy response (February 2008)]

[ IMF: World Economic Outlook (April 2008)] [ IMF: Regional Economic Outlooks ] [ IMF: World Economic Outlook UPDATE(January 2008)]

[ World Bank: Global Monitoring Report 2008(April 2008)]

[ IMF: Global Financial Stability Report(April 2008)] [ IMF: Financial Market Update(January 2008)]

[ Asian Development Bank: Asian Development Outlook 2008(April 2008)] [ World Bank: East Asia update (April 2008)] [ Asian Development Bank: Asian Economic Monitor(December and July/August)

[ ILO: Global Employment Trends (January 2008)]

[ UN: World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007 (January 2008)] [ UN: World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007 Update mid-2007 (May 2007)]

[ World Bank Global Economic Prospects (January 2008)]

[ UN: Human Development Report 2007(November 2007)]

[ WEF: Global Competitiveness Report(2007)]

[ UN: Human Development Report 2007: Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world (November 2007)] [ IPCC reports on Climate Change (November 2007) [ European Commission on Climate Change (January 2007) [ Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (October 2006)

[ Unctad: World Investment Report(October 2007)]

[ Unctad: Trade and Development Report(September 2007)]

[ UNCTAD: The Least Developed Countries Report 2006(July 2007)]

[BIS Annual Report(June 2007)]

Economic Impact of avian flu: [ European Commission(June 2006)] [ IMF(March 2006)] [ ADB(November 2005)] [ World Bank(November 2005)]

[ World Bank: information by region]


Daily, weekly and monthly reports on macro-economic situation

[ Morgan Stanley] [ JP Morgan] [ CSFB (see research and commentary)] [ Deutsche Bank] [ UBS] [ Goldman Sachs] [ Roubini Global Monitor]


Macro-economic projections

[ OECD Economic Outlook ] [ OECD Economic Outlook: Statistical Annex / Flashfile ]

[ The Economist Poll of Forecasters]

[ IMF: World Economic Outlook (April 2008)] [ IMF: Regional Economic Outlooks ] [ IMF: World Economic Outlook UPDATE(January 2008)]

[ World trade forecast(AIECE working group on foreign trade; May and October)]

[ The Economist Michael Mussa(Peterson Institute; April 2008)]

[ OECD: "ready reckoners" (impact on world economy of lower growth in the US, interest rate cuts, dollar appreciation, oil price increase, etc.) (September 2001)]


G7/G8 statements

[ Finance Ministers]

[ IMF communiques]

[ OECD Ministerial Meeting: Chair's summary May 2008] [ OECD Ministerial Meeting: Chair's summary May 2007] [ OECD Ministerial Meeting: Chair's summary May 2006] [ OECD Ministerial Meeting: Chair's summary May 2005] [ OECD Ministerial Meeting: Chair's summary May 2004] [ OECD Ministerial Communiqué April 2003]


Speeches

[ Managing Director IMF and other IMF officials] [Chief Economist of the OECD]

[ Speeches by senior central bankers]


Important home pages

International organisations: [OECD] [IMF] [World Bank] [WTO] [BIS] [G7] [FSF] [ILO] [Unctad] [IADB] [AfDB] [AsDB] [APEC] [EBRD] [UN regional Economic Commissions] [UN]

[World Social Forum] [World Economic Forum] [Trade union advisory committee to the OECD (TUAC)] [Business and industry advisory committee to the OECD (BIAC)] [Attac]

Credit rating agencies: [Standard and Poor's] [Moody's]

[ OECD Statistics portal] [ IMF country data (DSBB)] [ Groningen Growth and Development Centre] [ Penn world data] [ External Debt Hub] [ Statistical agencies and other data sources] [ Statistical agencies and other data sources] [ CIRET] [ECRI]

Real time news: [BBC] [CNN] [Bloomberg] [Yahoo/Reuters] [Newsnow] [The Globalist]

[The Economist] [Financial Times] [WSJ]

[Economist's view] [Martin Wolf] [Samuel Brittan] [Kenneth Rogoff] [Martin Feldstein] [Paul Krugman] [Joseph Stiglitz] [Olivier Blanchard] [Jeffrey A. Frankel] [Sebastian Edwards] [Brad DeLong] [Nouriel Roubini] [John Kay] [Commentaries in Project Syndicate]

[BIS: links to central banks]

[ Google Web Directory on Economics] [The Dismal Scientist] [Economics e-journal] [Investopedia] [Wikipedia]

Research institutes: [IIF] [Peterson IIE] [IMD] [LINK project] [ Global Insight] [CEPR (Washington)] [CTPS] [CIC (Penn World tables)] [ Other institutes]

Research papers: [Ideas/RePEc] [SSRN]

[ Elections around the world]

[ Links for individual OECD countries] [ Link to OECD Economics Department home page]