Useful Websites
Here are links to international, regional, and national organizations and government departments that provide useful information about international trade and finance issues. Also, we include several blogs where well-known economists give their interpretations of current events.
International Organizations
The World Trade Organization (multilateral trade negotiations, dispute settlement, trade policy reviews, trade barriers, and international trade data)
http://www.wto.org
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD (foreign direct investment data, commodity trade conditions)
http://www.unctad.org
United Nation Commission on International Trade Law — UNCITRAL
http://www.uncitral.org
The World Bank (The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) (World Development Indicators)
http://www.worldbank.org
World Intellectual Property Organization — WIPO
http://www.wipo.int/
International Development Association
http://www.worldbank.org/ida/
International Finance Corporation
http://www.ifc.org
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency — MIGA
http://www.miga.org
International Center for Settlements of Investment Disputes
http://icsid.worldbank.org/ICSID/
International Labor Organization
http://www.ilo.org
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org
The International Monetary Fund (International Financial Statistics, Global Development Finance, Government Finance Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics, letters of intent, Article IV reviews)
http://www.imf.org
Bank of International Settlements
http://www.bis.org
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (country surveys, fact book of economic, environmental and social data, economic outlook)
http://www.oecd.org
Other Specialized International Organizations
Group of 20
http://www.g20.org
Davos Forum
http://www.weforum.org
The Asian Development Bank
http://www.adb.org
The African Development Bank
http://www.afdb.org
The Inter-American Development Bank
http://www.iadb.org
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
http://www.eclac.org
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries — OPEC
http://www.opec.org/home/
US Agencies — Government and Other
Board of Governor of the Federal Reserve (the Federal Reserve Bulletin, US monetary policy measures)
http://www.federalreserve.gov
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
http://www.newyorkfed.org
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
http://www.stlouisfed.org
US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation — FDIC
http://www.fdic.gov
The US Commerce Department, Bureau of Economic Analysis (US balance of payments and national income account data)
http://www.bea.gov
The US Commerce Department, Bureau of the Census (US trade data)
http://www.census.gov
The US International Trade Commission (US trade policy investigations, tariff schedule and trade data)
http://www.usitc.gov
The US Trade Representative (US trade negotiations)
http://www.ustr.gov
US Department of Treasury
http://www.ustreas.gov/
Department of State — International Information Programs
http://www.state.gov/r/iip/
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group — CME
http://www.cme.com
US New York Stock Exchange — NYSE
http://www.nyse.com/
EU and EMU Agencies
EU Gateway
http://europa.eu/
The European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu
EU Commission, Directorate-General for External Trade
http://ec.europa.eu/trade
EU Commission, Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs
EU economic statistics
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/
The European Central Bank — ECB or ESCB (Monetary policy for the euro area)
http://www.ecb.int
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development — EBRD
http://www.ebrd.com/
European Investment Bank — EIB
http://www.eib.org
National Government Agencies
Deutsche Bundesbank
http://www.bundesbank.de/index.en.php
http://www.banque-france.fr/home.htm
The Bank of England (Monetary policy for the United Kingdom)
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk
UK Office for National Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk
The Bank of Japan
http://www.boj.or.jp/en/
Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry — METI
http://www.meti.go.jp/english/index.html
The People's Bank of China
http://www.pbc.gov.cn/english/
Australian Treasury
http://www.treasury.gov.au
International Regional Trade/Economics Organizations
Organization of American States — OAS
http://www.oas.org
North American Free Trade Agreement — NAFTA, national issues and official records
http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/Policy/nafta/nafta.asp
http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Regional/NAFTA/Section_Index.html
http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/nafta-alena/index.aspx
http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org
Central American Free Trade Agreement — CAFTA — DR
http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/CAFTA/CAFTA-DR_Final_Texts/Section_Index.html
Central American Common Market — CACM
http://www.sice.oas.org/trade/camertoc.asp
MERCOSUR — Common market of South America (four countries: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay)
http://www.mercosur.int/msweb/ (Spanish/Portuguese)
http://www.mercosurtc.com/ (English)
Latin American Integration Association — ALADI
http://www.aladi.org/nsfweb/sitioIng/
The Andean Community
http://www.comunidadandina.org/endex.htm
Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa — COMESA
http://www.comesa.int/
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation — APEC
http://www.apec.org
Asean Free Trade Area — AFTA
http://www.aseansec.org/4920.htm
African Economic Community
http://www.panafricanperspective.com/aec.htm
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
http://www.comm.ecowas.int/
African Caribbean Pacific Group of States — ACP (with EU)
http://www.acpsec.org
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership — Barcelona Process
http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/euromed/index_en.htm
European Free Trade Area — EFTA (four countries: Iceland, Norway, Lichtenstein, Switzerland)
http://www.efta.int
European Economic Area — EEA (31 countries: 27 EU plus 4 EFTA)
http://www.efta.int/content/eea/eea-agreement
Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement — ANZCERTA
http://www.austrade.gov.au/ANZCERTA/default.aspx
Open Economy / Financial Crisis Sites
Latin Focus (First class data and analysis for Latin America)
http://www.latin-focus.com
Dani Rodrik's Blog — Harvard University
http://rodrik.typepad.com/
Jeffrey Frankel's Blog
http://www.rtable.net/index/rt/economics/371/
US Housing Crisis Blog
http://www.housingcrisis.com/
New York Times Credit Crisis Summary
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects
News N Economics
http://www.newsneconomics.com
Economics Round Table (Housing Crisis, US Economy, International Finance)
http://www.rtable.net/
Center For Budget and Policy Priorities (Exchange Rate, Trade, Tax policy, and more)
http://www.cbpp.org
Calculated Risk
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/
Fed Press Releases
http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/releases/statisticsdata.htm
K's Analytical Musings (Technical Analysis applied to commodities, stocks and exchange rates)
http://special----k.blogspot.com
Economists View
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview
Marginal Revolution
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/
Mark Thoma (Summary and links to recent economic news analysis)
http://www.uoregon.edu/~mthoma/
Morgan Stanley Economy and FX site
http://www.morganstanley.com/views/gef/index.html
Bradford De Long (comments on the economy)
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/
Brad Setser Blog (Fed and Global Capital Flow Watch)
http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/
Paul Krugman's Blog
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
Vox (Commentary on real world events and recent research)
http://www.voxeu.org
Nouriel Roubini Blog — RGE monitor (must read FX and Global Economics Site)
http://www.rgemonitor.com/
Research Sources
National Bureau of Economic Analysis — NBER
http://www.nber.org
Center for Economic Policy Research — CEPR
http://www.cepr.org
Center for Economic Studies Ifo Institute — CESifo
http://www.cesifo-group.de/
Media Sites
The Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/home/uk
The Wall Street Journal
http://europe.wsj.com/home-page
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/