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Foreign Exchange - OzForex This site offers current quotes and graphs and daily and weekly commentary on the AUD. This is the best AUD site on the Internet that I know of and a must for students studying Australia's external accounts.
OANDA.com offers an excellent currency game as well as being arguably one of the best 4x sites on the net.
Reserve Bank of Australia The RBA regular comments on the fate of the AUD in it's semi annual statement on Monetary policy, quarterly economic reports and feature articles in the Reserve Bank Bulletin. These can be down loaded from the appropriate sections of their site.
ABC Online News The is the best place for tracking recent news releases Aunty seems to get them up before they happen. Students will find it useful to scan the Lateline archives which cover all AUD crises.
news.com.au The Australian Offers daily news which covers the AUD. The site however is not navigation friendly.
The Age, Watch for articles by Tim Colebatch and Kenneth Davidson. The Age regularly covers global events and the Dollar
brw.com.auThe team of commentators at BRW offer weekly and daily comment on the AUD if current crises demand it. A excellent resource for a deeper view of current events. Ed Shann from Access economics writes a weekly column in BRW and this is usually an excellent read.
Reuters Global Reuters offers current commentary on Global currency movements.Reuters also offers quotes foreign currencies . Similar current commentary may be found at Bloomberg
Forex Directory This is an excellent directory of FX resources butit also offer a java currency ticker which updates in real time at AUD Ticker
Free currencies futures charts - currency mar...This site offers free charts for commodities a selection of currencies including the AUD and heaps of related resources. It also includes a learning centre which offers instruction in fundamental analysis.
Yahoo Finance delayed real time quotes on the AUD but these come with current newspaper articles on the AUD and current economic developments in Australia. This is perhaps the best site for teachers and students who want to follow the fortunes of the AUD.
Google Australian News offers some comment on the Australian Dollar however the main feature of this site is that you can search global sources for current comment on the Australian Dollar
Foreign Exchange - OzForex This site offers current quotes and graphs and daily and weekly commentary on the AUD. This is the best AUD site on the Intern et that I know of and a must for studnets studying Australia's external accounts.
The Trading RoomThe trading room offers current quotes on the AUD and limited news coverage of AUD movements for non subscribers.
Bloomberg.com Bloomberg offers current news articles, delayed quotes and for the world's currencies. Here students can compare AUD movements against the US dollar, the Euro and in particular Asian currencies. These movements are often much more interesting and in contradiction to current news commentary. Watching the AUD fall against the rupiah is an experience not forgotten easily. Bloomberg.com : Currency Rates
CNNfn - the financial networkCNN maintains a strong focus on the US economy however they offer a currency table showing Asia pacific exchange rates and good coverage of Global Economic developments. markets: Currencies and for general news try CNN markets
Reuters Global Reuters offers current commentary on Global currency movements.Reuters also offers quotes foreign currencies .
The Interactive Currency Table(tm) Xenon laboratories offer delayed quotes, currency tables and converters as well as a range of other interesting currency tools for Businesses.
OANDA.com The Currency Site Offers current quotes from overseas markets on the AUD.
The IMF also offers representative rates on the >world's currencies at Representative Exchange Rates for Selected Cu..
New York Board of Trade offers delayed spot prices for the AUD in the market information section. Teachers will find the AUD futures and options data of interest as well.
Dr. Ed Yardeni's Economics Network This site while not covering currencies directly offers a great deal of information on related global financial matters which have a direct bearing on movements in currencies.This site requires users to log in before they can access material.
FT.com From the Financial times in London, carries market reports for equities and currencies as well as sections dealing with global business and economic issues. FT offers excellent global coverage however it is very slow to load.
BBC News | ECONOMYCovers current world economic issues: an excellent site for current factors affecting world curency movements.
The Economist Offers some free material to non subscribers relevant to movements in world currencies.
MarketNews.com A short list of Global Financial News
market reform -- Atlantica Associates Offers sample dated country and currency reports.
These banks regularly offer economic analysis and comment on current global economic conditions and movements in the exchange rate.
Westpac Westpac's Economic commentaries regularly covers the AUD and current exchange rates can be viewed online and a daily exchange rate pdf is available. Try Westpac Info > News and Information or go direct to their Economic Reports
National Australia Bank Offers regular commentary on the AUD in it's Financial market outlook and more detail is available from nabmarkets which offers a daily strategy bulletin for eager beavers. The NAB frequently moves the location of its economic resources however try Business > News and Information for access to their economic and currency commentary. Students can also use a foreign currency calculator at this site.
Commonwealth Research sThe Commonwealth Bank allows visitors to it's site to view and down load a heap of economic material and in particular it's views on currencies.
BankWest - Bank of Western Australia Ltd. ACN...BankWest offers a daily and Monthly Financial market update which covers the current performance of the Australian Dollar. Try Economic Updates
ANZ Australia and New Zealand The ANX offers current and weekly market updates and extensive economic commentary. This is a great site and check out the new FX online facility. The ANZ offer regular views and analysis of currency movements. Try ANZ Economic Reports
ING Australia Ing Australia offers a range of local and international market commentaries. These are all set in a global context and make for interesting reading.
This section carries links to a selection of International Banks which regularly offer economic analysis and currency commentary to non subscribers. The number of resources here is much smaller than in the past because most banks offer these services to subscribers only.
Morgan Stanley MS offers a global economic forum, a global strategy bulletin and heaps of global economic commentary. For students of the Australian Economy this site regularly offers sobering, accurate and extremely well researched commentary on the AUD as well as comments on the Global Economy generally. This is one of the best sites of it's type on the Intern et and students following current developments in the external sector will find it extremely useful. The amount of free comment has dwindled over the years but the main economic commentaries are available in the insitutional section at Global Economic Comment.
Barclays This site offers regular economic commentary on the world economy and from time to time publishes economic reports on the Australian Economy as well as other country reports. Usually these are freely available however sometimes Barclay's may restrict access to subscribers only. Barclay's country reports usually refer to the outlook for the AUD. Barclays offer an economic outlook for the UK economy, an outlook statement for the International economy and a report on commodities. For country reports and currency information go to the Business Banking or insititutional sections and for current economic reports go Barclays Economic Reports The location of these reports at Barclays may change from time to time. The quickest way to find current comment is to inpect the site map.
UBS Warburg UBS Warburg offer Daily economic web casts on the Global economy presented by their leading economists. You need RealPlayer or windows media player to down load and here these reports. Most Warburg research is only available to subscribers however a range of US Economic reports and some currency commentary available for free.
Bank of America BOFA also offers a some material on US equities and industry analysis in the research section. Teachers may some of this material useful for teaching micro economics and providing current examples of market theory in action. BOFA only releases some of its research these days and only occaisonally covers currency movements. This site remains because banks frequently increase the amount of research they make available and then a year later change their minds and scale it down.
Northern Trust Securities Northern Trust is a Chicago based multi bank holding company which offers an excellent economic research section. This carries daily reports on the US and International economies and covers Australia. Economic outlook reports for major market and emerging market economies including Australia are available from time to time as well their economists notes on current economic issues.
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi English Home Japan The banks view on current market developments and other economic issues can be accessed at of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd.Most of the BTM's research is for clients only and is accesed through the North American( BTM North America )site. Of interest to tecahers is the Banks newsletter which often contains material on global economic developments. BTM often carries comment on AUD.
Standard Bank London This bank offers some economic commentary to non subscribers however it offers excellent charts on commodity prices and currencies for everyone. Students looking for a wide range of graphs will find this an extremely useful site even though it focuses mainly on Euroland. Standard Bank also has interesting sections on emerging economies that economic students might find interesting.
JP Morgan Home JP Morgan offer lists of current exchange rates as well as data for their currency and commodity indexes online. Some comment if you hunt about. Full access is only available to clients.
ABM AMRO Economic and currecny commentary is not easy to find on this site. Limited offerings are available from the Press Room. however if students use the site search facility many useful documents may be accessed.
Commerce Bank Kansas Offers analysis of international markets in the Personnal section. Go Commerce Bank - International Services
Smith and Barney Smith and Barney offer some global economic analysis however in order to access all their research you need to register.
Union Bank of California Home Page This site offers daily, weekly and Monthly Foreign Exchange analysis and forecasts. At last visit it did not mention the AUD however in crises the AUD may well rate a mention. You also can download a newsletter advising clients on appropriate hedging strategies. Use the menu's on the HP to find market updates in the Commercial section.
This US bank site offers a daily FX commentary, summary economic indicators for Australia and reports on US economic indicators.
Bank of Montreal The economics department at the Bank of Montreal offer extensive reports and analysis of the Canadian economy, global outlook statements and industry analysis including commodities. Fx analysis is also available and country reports focusing on emerging Asian Latin American economies. This site is particularly useful for Australian students as the Asutarlian and Canadian economies are frequently compared. Go Bank of Montreal Economics - Economic Researc...
This page offers links to some of the worlds leading Accounting and Finance firms as well as Investment banks. These companies often produce reports on local economies and economic analyses which influence capital flows in and out of Australia. Most of these companies will for example comment on Country Budgets and economic management and may from time to time issue reports on a countries growth potential as well as it's currency. They have been included here because these reports are frequently reffered to in the press.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Offers many articles on issues and company trends in the economy as well as individual pages which make available their views on country budgets as well as other topical matters. Occaisonally carries Global Industry reports ranging from automobiles to bank hacking.
Welcome to Nomura Securities International, Inc. This company makes available a selection of its economic research which deals with global market developments as they affect fixed income securities. Site is slow to load.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON Global site global economic and fourex commentaries in pdf files from the home page. The Australian site at CS Boston Australia advertises the banks local products.
Welcome to CIBC World Markets A private investment bank which makes available much of it's economic research and analysis of debt markets.
www.arthurandersen.com - Home PageOffers country specific comment on current issues and a good section on Global Mega Trends.
KPMG Carries comment on global accounting trends and some very interesting industry analysis.
Ernst & Young LLP - WelcomeThe Australian site offers comment on the GST, carries topical reports on issues which affect corporates and offers an AgriBusiness weekly which is stimulating reading for students.
Welcome to Dun & BradstreetD& B Offies world wide offer current economic surveys and debt surveys among other topical items which may prove of interest to teachers.
Welcome to Deloitte & ToucheThis site offers access to much of Deloitte's industry research and their comment on global issues from the point of view of a firm which advises large corporations. Students interested in the Global Financial industry outlook or global trends in e business will find the material here useful. The site also offers industry analysis and case studies of innovations in a wide range of industries.
Merrill Lynch (www.ml.com)This site offers a daily global economic outlook statement and other short opnion pieces from their leading economists for free online. There is a lot of comment on US markets and most detailed analysis is restricted to subscribers. The roundUps can be found at Merrill Lynch Today
Goldman SachsThis site offers some free economic commentary. GS does publish some current commentary and various position papers on current economic issues in pdf format on its site. For example the global economy on 2050?
Deutsche Bank - Leading to resultsThis is an excellent site with a lot of economic research focusing on Germany and Euroland as well as Foreign Exchange and Global markets. Much free information may be found at .Deutsche Bank Research
These sites carry official Government commentary on the AUD and other currencies.
Reserve Bank of Australia The RBA regular comments on the fate of the AUD in it's semi annual statement on Monetary policy, quarterly economic reports and feature articles in the Reserve Bank Bulletin. These can be down loaded from the appropriate sections of their site.
Treasury usually offers short comment on the AUD in it's quarterly publication economic roundUp and frequently comments on matters related to the dollar (foreign investment in Australia) in articles in RoundUp. The Budget papers also carry relevant comment on these matters. External Statistics are available at Bulletin Statistics
OECD The OECD regularly publishes summary statistics and summaries of it's major economic publications such as the economic Outlook and country survey's online. Frequently these contain comment and sometimes forecasts for the AUD. Sections of the OECD website where these PDF"s might be found are SourceOECD carries information mostly for subscribers. here you will some juicy freebies OECD Economics. Need data on an obscure economy ? OECD Country Survey Page Another great source of information is the working papers from OECD economists. These are often draft versions of major publications and usually free. All the above mentioned links may accessed through the OECD HP.
IMF Here you will a great deal of information on Australian and World exchnage rates generally. Details of Australia's account at the IMF can be viewed online in summary form and the value of the AUD in SDR's is also available on online. The IMF maintains a fantastic section where it's dealing with memner countries are summarised on individual pages. These are updated regularly and often carry statements by IMF officials and Australian politicians relevant to our external relationships. Go IMF Country Pages and try Australia and The IMF See AUD in SDR's
The Bank for International Settlements Publishes a wide range of material on the International Economy. It maintains a page of links to major speeches and articles of the worlds key bankers, publishes a quarterly review of International financial developments and a host of other related economic papers and consolidated international banking statistics. The material here is difficult but offers a systemic view of current developments. BIS frequently comments on the fate of the AUD and other major world currency developments.
Asian Development Bank This site carries country reports and heaps of resources on Economic Development in Asian. A number of the publications of the Bank and country reviews touch on questions of international capital market stability that are relevant to understanding the fate of the AUD.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York This is an excellent site which offers morning and afternoon lists of current exchange rates against the USD as well a report on the Global Economy. An economic calender for the US economy is available from this site as well as many reports on National and regional US economic conditions. See currencies noon US time at Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Statistics
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Exchange rate time series data are available in the statistics section at the Fed. All of the Fed's economic research is available online inlcuding all of the Chairmans testimony to congress and the Beige book. A very useful site for currency forecasters!
European Central Bank This site offers current See (ECB - Daily euro foreign exchange reference r.. )and historical exchange rate data against the Euro as well as carrying working papers, speeches by ECB officials and the ECB monthly Economic Bulletin.
These sites offer free currency Charts and Data
Free currencies futures charts - currency mar...This site offers free charts for commodities a selection of currencies including the AUD and heaps of related resources. It also includes a learning centre which offers instruction in fundamental analysis.
PACIFIC Exchange Rate ServiceOffers a financial and currency portal and access to historical data on currencies from all over the world. It also includes end of day current quotes. One can access the Penn world tables from this site if you want more historical currenct data.
FX Rates - Home Current quotes portal This site offers quick links to all the places on the Internet where one can access current currency and stock quotes.
ChartFlow - For All Your Chart Needs Data base of currency charts and equity charts covering the globe.
Economagic: Economic Time Series Page This is an excellent site which offers economic time series data from all over the world including currencies. Try Browse Australian Data
This page contains links to a range of commercial foreign exchnage sites. These include news providers, data suppliers and tonline trading sites. Many of these companies offer daily commentary on currency movements and these give an overall idea of the general peceptions of AUD.
Kshiti Consultancy ServicesThis site offers a 4x daily roundUp and focuses on the market for Rupee's. It also contains some interesting reports in the Research section.
Forex News: Foreign Exchange Analysis, Current...Commercial site where most services are provided to subscribers, current Fx quotes, world financial news roundUps, chat forums are available however for free.
FOREX WATCHER Yen focused site
Currency Library - Foreign Exchange Rates and...This is an excellent site and subscribers can access real time quotes and currency tables for free. Students will find it interesting to inspect the buy sell quotes and read some of the attached commentary. The site also offers news roundUps and extensive Fx analysis and outlook statements but these come at a cost.
theFinancials.com - Content for Websites and This site offers free content and great resources for subscribers. Basic subscriptions are free and allow users to access selected real time quotes and heaps of newsletters which report on a wide range of currencies. Newsletters are also available for commodities interest rates and bonds. This site is an excellent resource for teachers although perhaps a little to technical for most students. Despite this stud nets would find it enlightening to observe the changes in buy/sell currency tables accessible on this site.
MG Financial Group - Online Foreign Currency This site offers excellent commentary on world currency movements, current quotes and an excellent Fx directory. It is a portal site and carries links to many MG subsidiaries. It is a good place for deeper analysis of current Fx market movements provided by experienced traders. Teachers and stud nets looking for an in market view of currency movements will find it here. Teachers should note that many of perspectives offered challenge traditional textbook accounts of Fx movements and hence students need to be aware that these arguments should not be reproduced verbatim especially in exams!
Investica and Forecasts Offers alternative Fx market commentary and you can buy Fx forecasts.
Infotec Ltd / Financial Information Services & Solutions Global Financial data provide who offfer real time Java based currency tickers to subscribers. Latest financial headlines as well as latest exchange rates can be accessed from their home page.
ExchangeRate.com -Offers resources for web masters and current quotes and charts including the AUD all expressed in US dollars.
MoneyTec This site offers USD quotes on the AUD and is noteworthy for it's world roundUp of currency and economic news organised by region.
Forex Street This site offers quotes and charts including the AUD and a great news section which reports on currency and financial news from all over the world including Australia. The java tickers load in real time and show current currency movements.
PACIFIC - Policy Analysis Computing & Informa...
Exchange rates for Australian Dollars - last ... Offers 30, 60 and 90 day graphs and charts of the AUD and most of the worlds currencies
FX Strategy Data out of date but interesting to read about how people attempt to forecast exchange rates. The material here mainly focuses on trading strategies.
Standard & Poor's Offers current news headlines only to non subscribers. Often their media releases apply Australia and are more than enough material for the classroom.
Blanchard Economic Research Unit Offers daily commentary and a round up of significant economic news.
eSignal - You'll Make More, Because You'll Kn... Offers coverage of current market trends in the trading tools section.
The Financial Forecast Cent er Home Page This site is one of the worlds great web treasures and offers free forecasts for just about any economic or financial variable it is possible to predict. Forecasts for the AUD are freely available here as well as for the Dow Jones and others for interest rates and US partial economic indicators. The site has a dedicated Inflation Watch section which lists key Monetary Policy statements from all over the world and Historical data for a large range of economic variables and currencies is also available. The site is maintained by applied reasoning Inc who use neural nets to produce these forecasts. These people deserve an award for courage! Teachers can down load simplified neural net software and trial it with students. Free Australian Dollar Exchange Rate Forecast
Income - The Web Center for Stock, Futures, ... Offers quotes by exchange and by category. At INO you can compare AUD futures across exchanges. It also covers commodities and major currencies. This is a great site for students wanting to predict trends in the AUD. INO asks users to register however you can still see current future quotes even if you do not. Try for the AUD INO Quotes This site also provides free videos of US traders explaining some of their strategies. Teachers need to brief students carefully before using any of these videos.
Live Quotes Free from Tradesignals.com Offers spot currency prices delayed 30 minutes and commodty and inter bank interest rates. Trend analysis and trading strategy advice is available to subscribers.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange This site offers 10 minute delayed quotes on just about everything. Summary Bulletins are regularly published but little analysis and commentary is offered. A good place for AUD futures.
Sydney Futures Exchange Online SFE offers delayed snapshots of future prices on equities, currencies and commodities. It is an excellent site and well worth a look.
LIFFE (London International Financial Futures..Offers little data. Liffe data is distributed by Bloomberg, Reuters and Bridge. Despite this for students interested in the details of Bond and Option pricing etc there are explanations available on the LIFFE site.
Futuresweb Futures portal offers a range of links to current quotes and futures resources.
FutureSource.com This site offers comment analysis and educational materials on all matters relating to currency futures.
PCQuote.com | Futures This site offers futures quotes on the AUD, world major currencies, stocks, stock indices and charts.The number of free quotes has diminished over the years however the quality of online commentary has greatly improved.
TradeSignals offers current currency quotes including futures.
These sites offer directories of online currency resources. The sites listed below are dedicated currency and financial portals. They are usually put toghether by people who specialise in these areas and are useful if you are looking for hard to find fx resources. Generally if they are not accessible through at least one of these sites then they may not be available on the Internet at all.
FinWeb This site is the big daddy of all currency and finance related directories. Much of the material here is academically focused however does offer a useful set of resources for comment and analysis of currency movements and foreign currency data.
Forex Directory This site is perhaps the best Fx portal on the web. It offers a Java ticker which shows real time values for the worlds currencies and these come with current charts. Extensive analysis and commentary of world fx movements including the AUD can be accessed from this site. It also carries an excellent Fx directory. It covers, news, magazines, dealers, portals and even Fx forums and chats plus FX conducts online polls on 4x and commodities.
Fx Links offers an excellent directory of resources dealing with foreign exchange.
Traders links Rates - Home Exchange Rate portal which carries and excellent set of links for following changes in current exchange rates.
InvestorMap.com: THE financial directory! This site offers heaps of resources and contains a section of links dedicated to Fx InvestorMap.com: Forex, Foreign Exchange
Wall Street Websites: Internet Financial Guid...
This site takes time to load but it really does offer an excellent window on Wall street resources and commentary.
Internet Business Technology PortalAs the name implies if you wish to follow the high tech sector this is the palce to do it.
Google guide to Foreign Exchange. This is an excellent set of current and frequently used resources including educational guides.
Global-View provides a largecommercial FX portal including news and links to other FX services.
This page offers links to a range of Financial magazines on the Internet. These deal with global financial issues, trends in both futures and derivatives industries as well as some fascinating sites on global financial risk management.
THE DERIVATIVE 'ZINE [Margrabe / Derivatives / Options / Swaps / Risk Management / Model Risk] This is an excellent site which covers the technical details of trading in derivatives. Of particular interest are the questions addressed to and answered by Dr Risk. These cover the mechanics of among other things shorting currencies etc. It also contains a Java based option pricing ticker for any speculators who need assistance. Well worth a browse.
Welcome to euromoney.com - analysis of the worlds capital and money markets This magazine covers international banking and global issues which affect banks. It also carries market updates and profiles of banks in particular countries of topical interest such as japan and Russia.
FUTURES MAGAZINE GROUPThis site contains advice for both the novice and the expert on trading futures as well as a fascinating section on how to protect yourself against fraud from rogue traders. It also offers Trading formulas, Dow Jones news and trading strategies as they relate to futures including currency futures.
SIRCA A securities research centre based in Australian. Many of the centres working papers are available online and may prove of interest to teachers.
Futures Industry AssociationThis
site is a portal for the futures industry and carries heaps of material
on trading strategies, liquidity problems for traders and developments within
the industry. People interested in following the development of new trading
tactics will find this site useful. appliederivatives.com
Appliederivatives.com focuses on topical issues within derivatives and
related markets with the objective of describing, promoting and explaining
the forces of the capital market revolution. This site also provides links
to their magazine which often contains articles on futures and currencies.
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It carries more interesting details on financial fraud both in and out
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FOREX NEWS: Foreign Exchange and Currency Tra... Global Currency News Site; Includes analysis of Currency trends focusing on the USD.This site also offers from time to time videos of traders discussing current market developments.
The sites listed below offer currency exchange services for travellers. Students should take careful note of the differences between the rates offered by these sites and the inter bank quotes on trading screens. An extremely informative exercise is to compare the exhchange rates used by credit card companies, banks and spot rates in the opne market. Once you have done this you will know why many credit card companies do not makes this information available on their web sites.
Travelex: United States Travellers currency site which has an Australian branch. Students will find it extremely interesting to compare inter bank exchange rates to the ones on offer here. This should be a compulsory exercise for all Economics students.Travelex: Australia
MasterCard Australia MasterCard occaisonally publishes it foreign currency conversion rates online. Some details of MC conversion rates for foreign currencies can also be discovered by visiting Australian Bank sites.
Visa Card Australia Visa International on occaison publishes the exchange rates it uses.A currency calculator Calculator is available from VISA US. Look under VISA and travel to find it.
American Express Australia publishes the exchange rates it uses.