Related Links
- ECON 3120 -
International Finance and Monetary Arrangements
1. General Sources
Bureau of Economic Activity (BEA)
The BEA is responsible for compiling the balance-of-payments accounts for the US. The BEA website has up-to-date data on US international transactions.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
The IMF provides a good global macroeconomic overview in its publication 'World Economic Outlook'. This publication comes out twice each year and its text is fully accessible via the Internet. The World Economic Outlook is a good place to start finding out about particular economic challenges that a region of your choice faces.
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For a discussion of the implications of a current account deficit go to Nouriel Roubini's lecture notes. Click on chapter one and then click on 'Are current accounts sustainable'. Don't worry about the equations. Just read the part where he starts to discuss the implications of low private and public savings versus low investment.
Economist - (premium content not available without subscription)
News magazine. While subscription is required for so called 'premium content, many articles are available free of charge.
2. MACROECONOMIC FORECASTING SERVICES
Morgan Stanley Global Economic Forum
This service (led by Stephen Roach, chief economist at Morgan Stanley and a leading Wall Street
economist) offers a daily view on macroeconomic affairs and events around the world. This is the
best daily source of information and commentary on current macroeconomic conditions in US,
Europe, Japan, Canada and selected developing countries. On each business day, a number of
issues are discussed. Back issues are available as well. An excellent source of analysis and
information on macroeconomic conditions and policies in industrial and emerging markets.
3.
International FINANCE AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg is one of the leading suppliers of financial market information. In this offering, you can
read about a number of current financial market events. While this site offers less than their
fee-based service (Bloomberg Terminal), it does supply a substantial amount of information: news,
summary information on markets around the world, etc.
Allows you to track domestic and international financial information over time, create a personalized portfolio and follow the news (with back issues) on a particular company, country or stock/bond index.
Yahoo International Finance Center
"Get country economic profiles, news, exchange rates & much more from all over the world."
This site provides up-to-date information on financial markets - it is a good tool to follow interest rates over the course of a day.
Introduces itself as "The currency site", the #1 source of foreign exchange services and online tools. OANDA provides currency conversion information and services to travelers, investors and businesses worldwide.
Forexnews.com was created in
January 1999 as a service mark of MG Media Ltd., part of the MG Group.
Forexnews.com reflects MG's commitment to enhancing public knowledge about the
foreign exchange markets. The site offers the latest insights and analysis in
currency markets, freely available to traders and researchers alike.
This service provides access to current and historic daily exchange rates through an on-line database retrieval and plotting system. Also provided is a list of all the currencies of the world with information on each country's exchange rate regime and ISO-4217 currency code. Analyses and trend projections of the Canadian Dollar, the U.S. Dollar, and the Euro are available as well. This site is dedicated to the support of academic research and teaching in the area of exchange rate economics.
"Forex Capital Markets (FXCM) offers traders direct access to the global currency market. FXCM pioneered the process of dealing directly from live, streaming two-way prices, enabling traders to take advantage of the liquidity of the currency market. Now, FXCM is one of the largest currency trading firms in the world with over 10,000 clients and average monthly trading volume that exceeds $20 billion."
http://x-rates.com - let's you look up currency values and plots exchange rates over time. Site sells currencies online.
Article on reserve currency
The Dollar Standard: (only the) beginning of the end
http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/globalisation/institutions_government/reserve_currency