Finance

Yahoo! Finance is the top financial news and research website in the United States, offering stock quotes, stock exchange rates, corporate press releases and financial reports. It also offers some hosted tools for personal finance management. Yahoo! Finance Worldwide offers similar portals localized to larger countries in South America, Europe, and Asia.

This site provides financial news from around the world. Here you can check out current market data or explore a section on charts and analysis.

Market and stock reports for the professional and amateur investor

MarketWatch offers personal finance news and advice, tools for investors and access to industry research. Along with its flagship website, the company operates BigCharts.com and the stock market simulation site VirtualStockExchange.com.

Agency of the U.S. government responsible for its economic and financial systems, and the nation's participation in the world economy. This site offers information about the department and its policies, along with data and statistics.

This is the website of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the US. Find out about the Federal Reserve System, or browse through sections on monetary policy or banking and regulation. There is also a useful Consumer Information area and a selection of educational resources.

Here you can find out about the SEC and how it fulfills its role of protecting investors and maintaining the integrity of the securities market. You can search for company filings and access a range of information for investors.

BEA provides important economic statistics including the gross domestic product of the United States. Its stated mission is to "promote a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing the most timely, relevant, and accurate economic data in an objective and cost-effective manner".

On this site you can find out about the aims and objectives of HM Treasury, the economics and finance ministry of the UK government. You can read about different policy areas, such as the Euro, or ‘Tax, Work, and Welfare’; you can also access documentation about the Budget, including Pre-Budget Reports.

The British Bankers' Association is a UK trade association in the banking and financial services industry. Its website offers a wealth of information, including downloadable leaflets and copies of the Banking and Business Banking Codes, as well as the BBA BankFacts information sheets on a variety of personal finance topics.

British slant on economic issues both in the U.K. and globally

The IMF is an intergovernmental organization that promotes international economic cooperation, focusing in particular on policies that have an impact on the exchange rate and the balance of payments. The Website contains a very helpful collection of facts, news, and data & statistics.

The mission of the World Bank Group is to ‘fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world’. Here you can find out how the World Bank Group is organized and read about its work around the world.