These sites focus on national and international economics and finance matters, banks and banking, the U.S. monetary and tax systems and the Federal Reserve.
FinWeb
FINWeb is a financial economics web site managed by James R. Garven, Ph.D. The primary
objective of FINWeb is to list Internet resources providing substantive information
concerning economics and finance-related topics.
CorpFinet
A service of Barron's online, Corpfinet provides links to large number of finance
professionals including accounting firms, banks, brokerage firms, services such as
electronic banking and stock quotes, news, legal information and other related material.
There are also news articles and features from Barron's magazine.
FinanceNet Web Site
The Internet's home for public financial management worldwide. It was established by Vice
President Gore's National Performance Review in Washington, D.C. in 1994 and is operated
by the National Science Foundation (a Federal agency) under sponsorship of the U.S. Chief
Financial Officers Council. FinanceNet reaches across geopolitical boundaries to link
financial management administrators, educators and taxpayers worldwide to catalyze
continuous improvements in the productivity of government personnel and in the stewardship
and accountability for taxpayer resources.
Finance Area
Provided by Top Services International out of Italy, a source for information and links to
finance, marketing, stock and other information with a focus on the EU.
Federal Reserve Economic Data bbs
Maintained by the St. Louis Federal Reserve this excellent site contains links to a
variety of other Fed Reserve sites, publications, economic and financial research sources
and financial data.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
At this site, you can obtain information about the Federal Reserve, their role in the
economy and their activities, articles from and information about their publications and
economic data, interest rate series and information about research and regulatory
activities.
U.S. Department of Treasury Web Server
Good site for financial information, news, links.
US tax forms
Downloadable, legal to use tax forms from a remarkably entertaining IRS web site.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Very good website with a great deal of information and reports on bank compliance, banking
statistics, asset information and a banking and FDIC library.
World Bank
Website for the World Bank and affiliated organizations. Features news and economic
summaries of developing and third world economies. Site also includes online World Bank
publications and a bibliography of print publications that can be ordered.
AAA Dir
Useful site containing a directory of world-wide banks and credit unions, links to other
banking resources and an extensive list of links to providers of banking software - not
consumer software, but the stuff a bank needs to run its operations.
Morgan Stanley
Charts of the Morgan Stanley Far East Index and other Morgan Stanley emerging markets
indices, data back to 1/94.
Platt's
An on-line, subscription newsletter from the commodities division of Standard and Poors.
Platt's is a source for news, market commentary, transaction information and benchmark
pricing covering global energy, petrochemical and metals markets.
164 Currencies Converter
Provided by Olsen & Associates, this service allows you to convert amounts between any
of 164 countries based on the current or any past exchange rate.