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Sources and Links

This collection of data sources and links benefited greatly from the work already done by the OECD .

Macroeconmic Data Sources

Key Economic Indicators

Eurogroup tables, Monthly Statistics Pocket Book of the ECB, New York Fed (charts only) , EUROSTAT, AMECO,

Co-incident and Leading Indicators

European Commission: Business climate indicator, Business and consumers surveys,

Purchasing managers' indices, Belgian leading indicator, CEPRs EuroCOIN indicator,

IFO Business Climate Index for Germany, INSEE Business Survey for France,

GDP-forecasts for current and next quarter

European Commission, EUROFRAME, IFO/INSEE/ISAE,

Macro-economic Projections

ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters, ECB staff projections (Sept 06),

European Commission: Latest Forecast, Statistical annex, Interim Forecast,

OECD Economic Outlook (Statistical Annex) / Flashfile, IMF World Economic Outlook Database,

EUROFRAME-EFN (Sept 06), EFN (Bocconi),

The Economist Poll of Forecasters, Overview of several projections,

Structural indicators

EUROSTAT, OECD Factbook , GGDC Industrial Growth Accounting database,

Structural reform indicators: OECD (charts) , European Commission's Labour Market Reform database, Fondazione Rudolfo Debenedetti Social Reform database,

International Macro

OECD Globalisation Indicators, Price and Cost competitiveness,

Exchange rates

US$ per Euro (intra-day), US$ per euro (end-of-day, 3 years), euro per US$ (end-of-day, 120 days), US$/yen per euro (end-of-day),
Customised exchange rate charts,

Nominal effective exchange rate (end-of-day) , Reference euro exchange rates (end-of-day), Euro conversion rates 1998,

Interest rates, Money and Prices

ECB policy rates , Policy rates by major central banks,

Short term market rates(daily), Future short-term market rates(daily), Euro yield curve, Government bond rates(table, monthly), Term structure of swap rates(chart),

M3(chart), Monetary aggregates and counterparts,

HICP and its components, HICP, other prices and costs, OATi bonds and implied breakeven inflation(daily),

Public Finance

General government data (incl. forecasts); Debt and deficit in 2005 (Oct 2006), Public Finances in EMU, European Commission: Improving quality of fiscal statistics (Dec 2004),

Asset Market Indicators

Stock market: Ftseurofirst80 (real-time), FTSE eurotop 300(real-time), DJ Euro STOXX, Other European indices,

Financial Integration Indicators, Financial Stability Review,

Statistical News Releases

Press releases of Eurostat, Statistical press releases of ECB,

Macroeconomic Publications

ESCB and BIS

ECB Monthly Bulletin , Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Bulletin , Banque de France: Quarterly selection , BIS Annual Report ,

European Parliament

Monetary Dialogue with the ECB,

Resolution on the 2006 Annual Report on the Eurozone,

European Commission

Economic Performance:
Quarterly report on the euro area, Comments on key indicators for the euro area (updated before every Eurogroup meeting), Annual Report on the euro area (Jul 2006), Economic Papers,

Other sources

Euroframe(Sep 2006) EEAG: The European Economy in 2006(Mar 2006),

OECD Economic Survey Other OECD documents focussed on EU and euro area, IMF reports on euro area ,

Euro Area Modelling

Euro Area Business Cycle Network (Central Banks), Euro Area Economy Modelling Centre (Commission),

Stability and Growth Pact

Stability and Convergence Programmes: Commission assessements and council opinions (Commission), Excessive deficit procedures,

New Council Regulation preventive arm SGP 1055/2005 (June 2005), New Council Regulation corrective arm SGP 1056/2005 (June 2005), European Council/Ecofin: Improving the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact" (Mar 2005), Reaction ECB (Mar 2005),

Ecofin reaction on European Commission's Call for stronger economic and budgetary coordination (Sep 2004), European Commission: Call for stronger economic and budgetary coordination (Sep 2004), Statement by Ministers of economy and finance of the EU on the ruling of the Court of Justice (July 2004), European Commission: strategy for economic policy coordination and surveillance (January 2004),
Council report on "Strengthening the co-ordination of budgetary policies"(Mar 2003)  Endorcement by heads of state or government (Mar 2003, see page 7), Commission Reform Proposal of Stability and Growth Pact (27 November2002),

Public finance analyisis European Commission: Public Finances in EMU 2006 (Jun 2006)

European Commision: The impact of ageing on public expenditure(Feb 2006)

Lisbon Agenda

European Commission: 2006 Annual Progress Report on Growth and Jobs (Jan 2006), European Commission Assessment on the Lisbon National Reform Programmes 2006 (Dec 2006), Lisbon national reform programs(Dec 2006),
European Commission: Integrated Guidelines 2005-2008 / Broad Economic Policy Guidelines(Apr 2005), European Commission: Report on the Implementation of the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines   (Jan 2005),

Kok Report on Lisbon strategy(Nov 2004), Sapir Report(Jul 2003),

Financial Markets

GrahamBishop.com

Euro Accession

Council conclusions on Slovenia to join the euro area(Press Release, July 2006), European Commission: Convergence report on Slovenia(May 2006), European Commission: Convergence report on Lithuania (May 2006), ECB: Convergence report 2006 (May 2006),

Important homepages

Institutions

ECB, European Parliament: Monetary Dialogue with the ECB,

European Commission Directorate General of Economic and Financial Affairs, Bureau of Economic Policy Advisors (BEPA), Economic Policy Committee, Council of the EU, European Parliament: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Institutions,

Country Information

European Commission: country pages, European Commission: ECFIN Country Focus, OECD Economic Survey,

Election results

Economic websites and blogs

David Altig's Macroblog, Euro Area watch (blog) , Corsetti's euro homepage, A Fistful of Euros (blog), FTD Wirtschaftswunder (German), Colisses de Bruxelles (blog), Martin Wolf's Economists' Forum at the FT, RGE Monitor, Nouriel Roubini's Global Economics blog , Brad Setser's blog , Felix Salmon's Blog, Telos-eu , La Voce VOX (CEPR)

Research institutes

AIECE, BRUEGEL, CEPR (London), ENEPRI, IEE, CER, CEPS, EFN (Bocconi), EUROFRAME EFN, EUREN, EABCN, Federal Trust, Foundazione Rudolfo Debenedetti, GERFIP, GGDC, IIE, OBCE, ZEW, ZEI,

Social partners

Employers (Unice), Employees (ETUC), Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO), Social Protection Database (MISSOC),

Real-time news

EurActiv, EuroNews, BBC, What's new page of Commission, Commission press releases (RAPID), EurLex

Daily News

EU Observer, Financial Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Financial Times Deutschland, Le Monde, Le Figaro, Les Echos, Corriere della Sera, Kathimerini, The Irish Times, Der Standard, International Herald Tribune (Europe), Newsroom Finland.