News and Developments

• Bloomberg

• BBC Business News

• U.S. Department of the Treasury - Economic Stabilization

• U.S. State Department - Economic Issues

• World Bank Press Review

Speeches and Testimony

• Federal Reserve Board: Bernanke

• Council of Economic Advisors: Speeches and Testimony

  Fact sheets and economic indicators also available.

• Treasury Department - Speeches

• Treasury Department - Testimony

• Treasury Department - International

• Bank for International Settlements: Speeches and articles by central bankers

Data Sources

• Central Bank websites

• Economic Report of the President (annual)

• FedStats - index to statistics compiled by federal government

• Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - International Economic Trends annual

• U.S. Dept. of Commerce - Bureau of Economic Analysis

• U.S. Dept. of Commerce - BEA - International Economic Accounts

• U.S. International Trade Administration - Trade and Economy Data

• IMF - Data

• OECD - Worldwide Statistical Sources

• OECD - Frequently Requested Statistics

• World Bank - Economic Research

• World Bank - Data by Topic

• University of Toronto - Project LINK Research Centre

• World Economic Forum - Financial Development Report

• World Economic Forum - Global Competitiveness Report

• World Bank - "Doing Business"

Organizations

• Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World

  An international directory for economics organizations; can sort by country, continent, field areas.

Comprehensive Research Guides

• American Economics Association: Resources for Economists on the Internet

• National Bureau of Economic Research

• Ohio State University - Financial Data Finder

• Virtual Library for Economics

• University of Michigan library links

Corruption and Bribery

See also Research Links page on Corruption in International Business.

• Havocscope - Black Market Data

• UN action against corruption

• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report

• Transparency International: Issue and Country Papers

Labor - News

• LabourStart

• U.S. Department of Labor Newsroom

Labor - Government Resources

• Electronic Documents on Labor

• U.S. Department of Labor

• Bureau of Labor Statistics

• U.S. National Labor Relations Board

Trade - News

• Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest

• Global Trading

• Trade Observatory

• Harvard Center for International Development - Global Trade Negotiations

Trade - Data

• U.S. International Trade Administration

• World Economic Forum - Global Enabling Trade Report

• Foreign Trade Highlights

• U.S. Foreign Trade Statistics from Census Bureau

• U.N. Conference on Trade and Development - Statistical sources

• WTO - International Trade Statistics

• University Of Michigan - Statistical Resources on Foreign Trade

• Panorama of European Union trade (1998-2006)

Trade - Government Resources

• Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

• U.S. International Trade Commission

• White House - Policies in Focus - International Trade

Sovereign Wealth Funds

• International Working Group of Sovereign Wealth Funds

Economic Sanctions

• U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control

  Sanctions listed by country.