Wanting to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in the global financial markets? Below are just a few suggested websites and publications to get you started.
Newsites
Newsites are a very good place to start. Recommended are:
BBC News: Business
Top business stories are reported on the Business pages of the BBC website. There is a special report on the financial crisis.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business
Channel 4 News
Whole section on Business and Money, monitoring the latest developments in the money markets. It includes a very useful “5 minute guide’ to the credit crunch examining the roots of this current financial crisis and outlining the causes.
http://www.channel4.com/news
Newspapers
Get a quick link to the newspapers websites by going to the British Media Online at http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/britnews.htm. You can of course retrieve an on-line version of the paper copy by logging onto Factiva or LexisNexis Butterworths from the e-library on the University Portal. Factiva is also an excellent source for checking the latest share price information as well as developments in the global markets.
Banking Industry
For the latest news in the banking industry, the following websites are very useful:
Bank of England
The official website of the Bank of England. It contains the latest Bank of England news releases in relation to the latest economic crisis and banking reform as well as useful documents and speeches.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Provides up-to-date information, press releases and signifcant speeches on the recent actions taken by the Federal Reserve, US central bank, in reaction to the current financial crisis.
http://www.federalreserve.gov
British Bankers’ Association (BBA)
The website of the BBA provides information about its activities and members’, details monthly figures for the main high street banks, has links to various publications, as well as outlining the latest policy decisions to affect the banking industry.
http://www.bba.org.uk
For more websites on the Banking Industry, see the Economics section of the Intute: Social Sciences gateway at http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/economics, and select Banks and Banking.
Blogs
Blogs provide an effective medium for relevant commentary and debate. One site that look particularly useful is the FT.com’s ‘Economists’ forum’ where leading economists, including the FT’s chief economic commentator Martin Wolf, debate the big issues of the day.
http://blogs.ft.com/wolfforum
The Economist.com also hosts a number of blogs.
http://www.economist.com/blogs
Other sites
Keep up-to-date with the financial markets and share prices with http://uk.finance.yahoo.com.
Find out the latest information from number 10 including a record of Prime Minister’s speeches, transcripts of press conferences, articles, etc. by viewing ‘the official site of the Prime Ministers’ Office’: Number10.gov.UK.
http://www.number10.gov.uk
Paper journals
It’s not all on-line! Take advantage of our current journals collection at Brayford. Suggested titles to peruse are Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, Economic Affairs, the Economist, Investors Chronicle, and the News Statesman, but there are loads more. You can of course search the Business/Finance related databases from the e-library on the Portal. Recommended databases are ABI-Inform Global, Business Source Premier (EBSCO), European Business ASAP (Infotrac) and ScienceDirect.
Personal Finances
For tips on your personal finances, why not sign up for Martin Lewis’s weekly email at http://www.moneysavingexpert.com or the rate alert email from Moneysupermarket.com gives you all the latest financial news with ‘expert advice’. Sign up at http://moneysupermarket.com.
Ask your librarian
…and of course why not ask the Librarian for Business (Alison Sharman) or the Librarian for Finance (Ruth Gill) for more information?
Are there other useful sites that you find useful for keeping up-to-date with financial news? Let us know by using the comments box.
Keeping up-to-date with the latest on the credit crunch
Thursday, October 9th, 2008Wanting to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in the global financial markets? Below are just a few suggested websites and publications to get you started.
Newsites
Newsites are a very good place to start. Recommended are:
BBC News: Business
Top business stories are reported on the Business pages of the BBC website. There is a special report on the financial crisis.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business
Channel 4 News
Whole section on Business and Money, monitoring the latest developments in the money markets. It includes a very useful “5 minute guide’ to the credit crunch examining the roots of this current financial crisis and outlining the causes.
http://www.channel4.com/news
Newspapers
Get a quick link to the newspapers websites by going to the British Media Online at http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/britnews.htm. You can of course retrieve an on-line version of the paper copy by logging onto Factiva or LexisNexis Butterworths from the e-library on the University Portal. Factiva is also an excellent source for checking the latest share price information as well as developments in the global markets.
Banking Industry
For the latest news in the banking industry, the following websites are very useful:
Bank of England
The official website of the Bank of England. It contains the latest Bank of England news releases in relation to the latest economic crisis and banking reform as well as useful documents and speeches.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Provides up-to-date information, press releases and signifcant speeches on the recent actions taken by the Federal Reserve, US central bank, in reaction to the current financial crisis.
http://www.federalreserve.gov
British Bankers’ Association (BBA)
The website of the BBA provides information about its activities and members’, details monthly figures for the main high street banks, has links to various publications, as well as outlining the latest policy decisions to affect the banking industry.
http://www.bba.org.uk
For more websites on the Banking Industry, see the Economics section of the Intute: Social Sciences gateway at http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/economics, and select Banks and Banking.
Blogs
Blogs provide an effective medium for relevant commentary and debate. One site that look particularly useful is the FT.com’s ‘Economists’ forum’ where leading economists, including the FT’s chief economic commentator Martin Wolf, debate the big issues of the day.
http://blogs.ft.com/wolfforum
The Economist.com also hosts a number of blogs.
http://www.economist.com/blogs
Other sites
Keep up-to-date with the financial markets and share prices with http://uk.finance.yahoo.com.
Find out the latest information from number 10 including a record of Prime Minister’s speeches, transcripts of press conferences, articles, etc. by viewing ‘the official site of the Prime Ministers’ Office’: Number10.gov.UK.
http://www.number10.gov.uk
Paper journals
It’s not all on-line! Take advantage of our current journals collection at Brayford. Suggested titles to peruse are Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, Economic Affairs, the Economist, Investors Chronicle, and the News Statesman, but there are loads more. You can of course search the Business/Finance related databases from the e-library on the Portal. Recommended databases are ABI-Inform Global, Business Source Premier (EBSCO), European Business ASAP (Infotrac) and ScienceDirect.
Personal Finances
For tips on your personal finances, why not sign up for Martin Lewis’s weekly email at http://www.moneysavingexpert.com or the rate alert email from Moneysupermarket.com gives you all the latest financial news with ‘expert advice’. Sign up at http://moneysupermarket.com.
Ask your librarian
…and of course why not ask the Librarian for Business (Alison Sharman) or the Librarian for Finance (Ruth Gill) for more information?
Are there other useful sites that you find useful for keeping up-to-date with financial news? Let us know by using the comments box.
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