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INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Topics:

• Economic Calendars
• Current Economic Analysis
• Economic News Releases from Agencies

Economic Calendars

• Forex Factory
• Econoday, U.S.

Current Economic Analysis

• Econoday, U.S.

Economic News Releases from Agencies for Selected Countries

Note: Links are to English versions of the reports

This section is underdevelopment. Please send any suggested additions to: RMRogers@mindspring.com

General Web Sites

• Statistical agency web sites by country, via National Bureau of Statistics of China
• Central banks, via Bank for International Settlements

Australia

Central Bank and Statistical Agencies

• Reserve Bank of Australia
• Australian Bureau of Statistics, includes headlines for “today’s economic news

Reports

• Key national indicators, Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Consumer price index

Canada

Central Bank and Statistical Agencies

• Bank of Canada
• Statistics Canada

Reports

• Consumer price index
• Interest Rate Announcement, Bank of Canada, and Monetary Policy Report

China

Central Bank and Statistical Agencies

• The People’s Bank of China
• National Bureau of Statistics of China

Reports

• Purchasing Managers’ Index, CLSA (click the “media” link for reports in the current year)
• GDP, National Bureau of Statistics of China (see “News and Coming Events”)

European Monetary Union

Central Bank and Statistical Agencies

• European Central Bank
• Eurostat

Reports

• Principal European Economic Indicators

GDP in volume, Private final consumption in volume, Investments in volume, External trade balance, Current account, Inflation (HICP all items), Unemployment rate, Labour Cost Index, Employment, Industrial producer prices, Industrial production, Industrial new orders, Construction production, Retail trade deflated turnover, Government deficit/surplus, General government gross debt, Economic Sentiment indicator.

• Markit Eurozone PMI
• Money supply, including M3

France

Central Bank and Statistical Agencies

• Banque de France
• National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies

Reports

• Markit/CDAF France Manufacturing PMI

Germany

Central Bank and Statistical Agencies

• Deutsche Bundesbank
• Federal Statistics Office

Reports

• Federal Statistics Office, Press Releases
• Federal Statistics Office, Short-term indicators
• Ifo Business Climate Index
• Markit Flash Germany PMI

India

Central Bank and Statistical Agencies

• Reserve Bank of India
• Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Reports

Japan

Central Bank and Statistical Agencies

• Bank of Japan
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Ministry of Finance

Reports

• What’s New, Statistics Announcement, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Bank of Japan monetary policy releases
• CPI
• GDP
• All industry activity index
• Retail sales
• Tankan
• Tertiary industry activity index
• Trade Statistics or merchandise trade balance

New Zealand

Central Bank and Statistical Agencies

• Reserve Bank of New Zealand
• Statistics New Zealand

Reports

• Economic indicators, latest releases, Statistics New Zealand
• Official Cash Rate (OCR) decisions, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
• Overseas merchandise trade, monthly

United Kingdom

Central Bank and Statistical Agencies

• Bank of England
• UK National Statistics

Reports

• National Statistics, “Latest Indicators”
• GDP
• CBI Distributive Trades Survey
• CBI Industrial Trends Survey
• Consumer confidence
• Markit UK Manufacturing PMI

United States

Central Bank and Statistical Agencies

• U.S. monetary policy link on Rogers Economics
• U.S. statistical agencies link on Rogers Economics

Reports

• U.S. economic indicators link on Rogers Economics

For learning about international economic indicators and central banks,

Rogers Economics recommends:

International Economic Indicators and Central Banks

by Anne D. Picker, Wiley Finance.

The author is chief economist at Econoday, Inc.

To view more details and to order, click here.

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