• The Guardian UK about the Market Turmoil
• Business Week: Credit Crunch
• CNN: America's Financial Crisis
• Yahoo Full Coverage: Global Economy
• BBC: Global Financial Crisis
• As global markets fall sharply, the BBC News website looks at the regions of the world most affected to see what governments are doing to alleviate the financial turmoil.
• Views on the current crisis in global financial markets, their impact on the real economy and the policy choices confronting the United States and other countries.
• IMF Meeting to Focus on Global Response to Crisis
• STWR Global Financial Crisis

United States of America

• NEW: OECD Economic Outlook No. 87 (May 2010 - English)
  The economy continues the recovery that began in mid-2009, although net job creation has been positive only since the beginning of 2010. Corporate profits have turned up, particularly in the financial ...
• Federal Reserve Board Statistics: Releases and Historical Data
  Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual, including commercial paper, loan charge-offs, and medium term notes
• United States - external links to macroeconomic reports and data
• Economic Survey of the United States
• OECD Statistical Profile of the United States of America
• United States and the IMF
• Wachovia Securities: Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary
• Major U.S. Indices

Europe

Europe Celebrates! 50 Years of EU

• OECD Economic Outlook No. 87 (May 2010 - English)
  
  A gradual recovery is underway driven by economic policy stimulus, a rebound in world trade and improving financial conditions, although there has recently been significant financial market volatility.
• ECB Monthly Bulletins: All documents are available as hard copy in the languages specified free of charge from the European Central Bank.
• CORDIS: Multilingual Research and Development in Europe
• European Union - external links to macroeconomic reports and data
• United Nations Economic Council for Europe: UNECE strives to foster sustainable economic growth among its 56 member countries. To that end UNECE provides a forum for communication among States; brokers international legal instruments addressing trade, transport and the environment; and supplies statistics and economic and environmental analysis.
• DJ STOXX Indices

Germany

OECD: Germany : Innovation, education and stronger competition key to a more balanced economy

26-Mar-2010

Innovation, education and more competition in the domestic market would help Germany emerge from the economic crisis with a stronger and more balanced economy. Labor market policy should now pave the way for necessary structural changes while fiscal policy needs a specific exit strategy with focus on consolidating public finances over the coming years.

 

• OECD Economic Outlook No. 87 - Germany (May 2010 - English)
• OECD Statistical Profile of Germany
• Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Reports
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• Commerzbank Economic Research
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Japan

• OECD Economic Outlook No. 87 (May 2010- English)

The recovery from the global crisis remains on track, thanks to a strong rebound in exports and fiscal stimulus that has supported household income in the face of falling employment and wages. Output growth ...
• BoJ Reports and Statistics > TANKAN
• Japan - external links to macroeconomic reports and data
• Is the Japanese Locomotive Ready to Again Carry its Load?
• Japan and the IMF
• OECD Statistical Profile of Japan
• Nikkei Net Stock and Market Indices

France

• OECD Economic Outlook No. 87 (May 2010 - English)
  The recovery is underway. Real GDP growth is projected to increase somewhat, averaging about 2% through both 2010 and 2011, led by business investment, exports and an end to destocking. The unemployment ...
• OECD Economic Survey France 2009
  Coping with recession and preserving fiscal sustainability
  Progress in labour market and other reforms
  The challenge of restoring French competitiveness
  Strengthening competition to boost efficiency and employment
• France Monetary Statistics
• France - external links to macroeconomic reports and data
• OECD Statistical Profile of France
• France and the IMF

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United Kingdom

 

•  OECD Economic Outlook No. 87 (May 2010 - English)
  The recovery is gaining traction, supported by improving financial conditions, rebounding exports and a temporary surge in stockbuilding. High inflation and lingering effects from the credit crunch, together ...
• Bank of England Monetary & Financial Statistics
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• OECD Statistical Profile of United Kingdom
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• The British Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Economic Survey is the largest and most representative independent business survey of its kind in the UK
• London / Dublin Stock Market Indices

Italy

 

• OECD Economic Outlook No. 87 (May 2010 - English)
  The recession in Italy, which had one of the largest peak to trough falls in output in the OECD area, ended in mid-2009. Although growth picked up to a 2% annual rate in the first quarter, the recovery ...
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Canada

•  OECD Economic Outlook No. 87 (May 2010 - English)
  The economy is rebounding vigorously from the recession trough, helped by a recovering trade sector and policy measures. The pace of recovery is projected to moderate going forward as policy stimulus is ...

• The Bank of Canada's Weekly Financial Statistics is updated each Friday afternoon
• OECD Statistical Profile of Canada
• Canada - external links to macroeconomic reports and data
• www.oecd.org/canada is a one-stop-shop for OECD reports and statistics on Canada. Browse the documents in chronological order or by topic (e.g. economy, trade, development, environment, energy, social issues).
• Canada and the IMF

• Canada - Stock Market Indices

Russia

 

• OECD Economic Outlook No. 87 - Russian Federation (May 2010 - English)
  Aided by the large rise in oil prices since early 2009, the economic recovery is gaining momentum. Although some components of domestic demand have yet to rebound, they are projected to do so in the course ...
• Bank of Russia Daily Information
• OECD Statistical Profile of the Russian federation
• Russian Federation and the IMF
• Russian Financial Markets
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China

• OECD Economic Outlook No. 87 (May 2010 - English)
  
  China’s vigorous expansion continued in early 2010. GDP growth is projected to exceed 11% this year before slowing to just under 10% in 2011, as the impact of the stimulus package diminishes. With the ...
• People's Bank of China
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• Statistics 2007
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• China's Difficult Rebalancing Act

  IMF Survey online - September 12, 2007

• IMF Economic Assessment (October 2006)
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• The Bureau of Economic Analysis provides time-series data on a variety of US macroeconomic variables.

• Dismal Scientist: Economic indicators, forecasts, analysis, and data for the world in real-time. $

• BMO Nesbitt-Burns International Economic Analysis and Research

• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

• The Ecomomist.com - Economy, Politics and Finance from around the world

• IMF: Reshaping the Global Economy
  The economic and financial crisis marks the end (for now) of a rapid expansion of globalization (March 2009)
   
• Economics A-Z: Pareto efficiency? Phillips Curve? Inflation? Deflation? Stagnation?
  Look up economic terms in this handy online resource, provided by The Economist

• Principal Global Indicators (PGI) A website that brings together data for the major economies available from international agencies covering the financial, governmental, external, and real sectors, and provides links to data in web sites of international and national agencies.

OECD Factbook 2009: The online gateway to OECD Factbook PDFs, Excel™ and interactive graphs. Access to the key indicators for the World’s leading economies is only a click away. To access all the contents free online, click here.

• OECD Economic Outlook: interim assessment, November 2010
  
• OECD: Global economy : Growth seen easing back slightly in US, Europe and Japan in first half of 2010

OECD Economic Outlook No. 87, May 2010

Editorial and summary of projections Country summaries General assessment of the macroeconomic situation

Growth: Prospects for growth and imbalances beyond the short term Employment: Return to work after the crisis Policy: Counter-cyclical economic policy Crisis:  Policy considerations in times of financial crisis

• OECD Documentation: Statistics, Data and Indicators
  Extensive economic statistics, data, and indicators from member and non-member countries.
   
• IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- Crisis and Recovery - April 2010
• IMF Economic Outlooks and  IMF Country Reports by Date
  
  
• Commerzbank Research: Latest Economic Research
  
• Global Business Cycle Indicators - The Conference Board publishes leading, coincident, and lagging indexes designed to signal peaks and troughs in the business cycle for nine countries around the world
   

• Regional Economic Outlook: Europe
  Date: October 2010
  
  The recovery in Europe continues, supported by strong policy action to contain sovereign debt problems in the euro area. In advanced Europe, lingering uncertainties and market pressures make for moderate and unequal growth, creating challenges for macroeconomic and financial sector policies. The REO also sheds light on the governance issues revealed by the crisis, arguing that better policy frameworks, in particular at the euro area level, promise a stronger Europe. For the first time, the REO devotes a separate chapter to the outlook for emerging Europe, where, after a deep recession, an export-led recovery is under way. However, the rebound is uneven across the region, and policymakers face the difficult challenge of dealing with the legacies of the crisis, while not hurting the recovery. Beyond the short term, the REO argues that the region will need to find new growth engines, as the capital inflows-driven and credit-fueled domestic demand boom needs to give way to more balanced growth. Indeed, the REO emphasizes that active fiscal policy and coordinated prudential measures are key to avoiding a repeat of the boom-bust cycle the region has just endured.
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• Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific
  Date: October 2010
  
  One year after the deepest recession in recent history, Asia is leading the global recovery. The Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific discusses the near-term outlook for the region, as well as the medium-term policy challenges that countries face. As in many emerging and developing markets, Asia rebounded swiftly during 2009 and in the first quarter of 2010, and in the near term the region is expected to continue leading the global recovery. In the medium term, the global crisis has highlighted the importance for Asia of ensuring that private domestic demand becomes a more prominent engine of growth.
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• Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere
  Date: October 2010
  
  "Heating Up in the South, Cooler in the North" broadly describes the economic scene for the Western Hemisphere. The report emphasizes how a mixed environment--with slow recovery in the United States and other advanced economies, but strength in Asia--differently shapes the outlooks for the diverse economies of Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue also focuses on financial issues in Latin America, with a chapter on the challenges of allowing credit to expand safely, without creating excessive risks, and a chapter that looks at macroprudential financial policies--topics especially important in today's context of low global interest rates and capital flows to emerging economies. The final chapter turns to Caribbean economies, exploring the drivers, and obstacles, that affect their growth.
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• Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia region
  Date: October 2010
  
  The October 2010 Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia reports on the regional implications of the global economic recovery and presents key policy challenges and recommendations. With the rebound in crude oil prices and production, the oil-exporting countries of the Middle East and North Africa will see visible improvements in their fiscal and external balances in 2010-11. Going forward, further efforts at financial sector development and economic diversification top the agenda. The region's oil-importing countries, which include Afghanistan and Pakistan, have weathered the global recession well. Pakistan, however, suffered from devastating floods in July/August, which will hold back growth this year. The overriding longer-term challenges for these countries are to raise growth and provide jobs for expanding populations. In the Caucasus and Central Asia, recovery has gained momentum in virtually all countries, aided by the lagged effect of fiscal stimulus and a favorable external environment. Exports are picking up, and remittances are rebounding, though at a slowing pace. Despite the broadly positive outlook, however, risks are largely on the downside. A priority is to resolve banking sector problems and, in some countries, to reduce external debt and current account deficits.

   

• Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa
  Date: October 2010
  
  The October 2010 Regional Economic Outlook features: (i) an overview of economic developments and prospects in sub-Saharan Africa; (ii) an analytical assessment of how monetary policy changes are transmitted through the region's economies; and (iii) a study of why growth rates in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) have lagged behind other parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The overview highlights the broad-based economic recovery that is now under way in sub-Saharan Africa and projects growth of 5 percent in 2010 and 5 1/2 percent in 2011. It explores the resilience of most economies in the region to the global financial crises of 2007-09 and explains why sound economic policy implementation and a growing orientation of trade toward Emerging Asia are expected to continue to underpin growth. The second chapter provides evidence suggesting that monetary policy may have more power to influence monetary conditions than previously assumed. Main messages from the WAEMU study are the importance of strong policy environments and political stability for achieving sustained growth; and of robust fiscal frameworks for directing resources towards priority spending needs.
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• International Data Base - Produced by the U.S. Census Bureau, IDB is a data bank containing statistical tables of demographic and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world
  
• Moody's Economy.com FreeLunch.com is a is a great source of free economic data. Users can quickly and easily chart and download economic data. Moody's Economy.com data services teams in Asia, Europe, and the United States update FreeLunch.com's economic data as is it is released by the primary source.
   
• InfoNation - From the United Nations, this site allows users to generate customized statistical and comparative tables using current information for all UN member countries
   
• CIA World Factbook
   

• WTO bsp;International trade and tariff data

IMF Country Surveys: Contents of Recent Issues

OECD Country Surveys

An Economic Survey is published every 1½-2 years for each OECD country and for some larger countries that are not members of the OECD, such as China, Russia and Brazil. It identifies the main economic challenges faced by the country and analyses policy options to meet them. You can find all Surveys catalogued by country.

The publication Going for Growth takes stock of growth performance for each country and identifies ways to improve productivity and employment on the basis of international benchmarking.

OECD Country summaries (31 individual PDF files, including a euro area summary)

Also see Annex Tables: 61 cross-country tables of historical data and projections (XLS)

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