2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Meeting the aspiration of the British people
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/pbr_csr07_index.htm
2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review: Meeting the aspiration of the British people is site produced by HM Treasury in the UK. It is designed for anyone interested in the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR07), and the subsequent Pre-Budget Report which sets out the broad brush spending priorities for the UK Government for the period 2008-2011, as well as immediate measures for 2007-2008 The site presents information on the key issues facing the UK economy, such as demographic and social change, examines where taxpayer money is currently spent by looking at revenue and spending in key areas and over key events in someone's lifetime and then encourages users to submit their ideas.
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Bank of England inflation report
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/inflationreport/
The Bank of England's Inflation Report is published quarterly and has been produced since 1993. This key report summarises the findings of the Monetary Policy Committee, which are used to set the interest rate. The report starts with an overview of economic development, followed by sections analysing financial market data, demand and output, labour market, costs and prices, monetary policy and medium-term inflation prospects. Summaries can be viewed directly on this site; full-text reports can be viewed in PDF.
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Budget - An Buiséad (Republic of Ireland)
http://www.budget.gov.ie/
The Budget pages are produced by the Department of Finance of the Republic of Ireland. They provide links to a range of macroeconomic policy documents relating to taxation, public expenditure and investment for the central government of the Republic of Ireland. They include the text of the financial statement given by the Minister to the Dáil on budget day and a range of accompanying documents, supporting papers, figures and tables. The site also features links to budget documents from previous years going back to 1996, plus guidance on downloading and using public sector information.
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Budget of the United States Government: Main Page
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/
This site provides access to the Budget of the United States Government, together with related documents. The information is provided by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Documents include analytical perspectives, budget information for states and historical data. There are various supporting and related documents and more detailed financial information is available in an appendix. The budget is published annually.
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Centre for Market and Public Organisation
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/CMPO/
The Centre For Market And Public Organisation (CMPO) is based at the University of Bristol. It undertakes research into economic activities in the public sector, including the concept of choice in health and education. There are links to information about research topics covered by the centre and also full-text working papers which can be read using Adobe Acrobat. It receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust and ESRC.
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Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap)
http://www.cemmap.ac.uk/
The Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap) is a national resource that is engaged in policy driven analysis of fiscal issues. The Centre is hosted by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and undertakes work in a wide range of areas, including major evaluation projects of policies in tax policy and education. The Centre's website provides a detailed account of staff members, research areas, publications and events.
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CEPR discussion papers
http://www.cepr.org/pubs/new-dps/dp_papers.htm
These papers are produced by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), a UK-based research institute. CEPR's research is conducted in seven distinct programme areas: financial economics; industrial organisation; international macroeconomics; international trade; labour economics; public policy; transition economics. CEPR helps to develop and execute projects that are principally undertaken by a network of academic-based researchers who receive common services, support and funding. Approximately 600 papers are published per year. Over 3,000 fully-searchable abstracts and PDFs of all papers since 1999 are available on this site. For access to the full-text papers, a subscription must be paid.
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Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
http://www.cipfa.org.uk/
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) website gives information about all areas of the Institute and the services provided. It includes a brief introduction and outline of the organization, links to information on recruitment, conference centre details and publications.Details about the Institute's Continuing Professional Development Scheme can also be accessed. Services available to members as well as information on the range of courses and events CIPFA offer are also available. There are also links which provide information for those studying with CIPFA, as well as syllabus and assessment details and other educational and training matters.
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Citizen's Income Online
http://www.citizensincome.org/
The Citizen's Income Online (CIO) website is designed to aid the exchange of ideas, comments and suggestions concerning Citizen's Information (CI). CI is seen as a scheme that would provide an "unconditional, non-withdrawable income payable to each individual as a right of citizenship". The website includes access to up-to-date CI news and projects including current findings, related research, papers, debates, forthcoming events, and reviews. The website also gives online access to material found at the Citizen's Income Study Centre. To aid dissemination and promote discussion of the subject the site also provides access to a mailing list and online discussion forum.
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Congressional Budget Office Director's blog
http://cboblog.cbo.gov/
This is the official blog from the director of the United States government Congressional Budget office. It includes a biography of the current director, RSS feeds of news, links to the latest budget office publications and updates on CBO activities. Topics covered include the United States economy; Congressional economics, the United States budget and budget projections, taxation and fiscal planning. There is also discussion of the economic impact of policy decision relating to US troop deployments overseas, immigration and welfare policies. Previous postings from December 2007 can be read on the website.
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Corporation of London
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation
The Corporation of London provides services for the City of London. It also manages facilities beyond the borders of the City, such as Epping Forest and Hampstead Heath. As well as the normal responsibilities of a local authority - housing, refuse collection, education, social services, environmental health and town planning, the Corporation performs other special functions like running its own police force. There are sections of the website explaining its activities in urban regeneration, environmental matters, business, and leisure and heritage.
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Department for Work and Pensions
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/
This is the official website of the UK Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for welfare and pension policy and is a key player in tackling child poverty. It is the biggest public service delivery department in the UK and serves over 20 million customers. It provides information on the purpose of the body, its structure and current activities. It also provides access to the text of recent government press releases, official statistics, consultation papers and documents relating to all aspects of employment and benefits in the UK, including social security payments; unemployment benefits; job centres; pension administration and child support.
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Economic data and tools (HM Treasury)
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/data_index.htm
This page is part of the HM Treasury site. It has links to the following economic data: GDP deflators, the latest economic indicators - Treasury publications Recent Economic Developments and Prospects and Weekly Economic Indicators, also contains the Pocket Data Bank, a weekly Treasury statistical publication, containing all major indicators and series, forecasts for the UK economy, public finances statistics - projections and budgetary plans over the whole range of UK public finances and spending. In addition there is a link to the Green Book, Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government where the Treasury provides guidance to other public sectors on spending public funds in the most beneficial and efficient way.
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European Court of Auditors
http://eca.europa.eu/
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) was created in 1977 and acts as the official auditor of European Union finances. Its website offers details of the role and purpose of the ECA, its annual reports on the EU budget from 1977 onwards and the external auditor's reports from 1997 onwards. A complete list of ECA opinions is available and the full text of published opinions can be browsed by subject area back to 1997. The website also includes a number of special reports into the monetary operation of the EU; a bibliography of articles and reports about the Court and EU finances; and the general budget of the EU back to 2002. The site can be navigated in any of the official EU languages except Irish; older content is available in fewer languages, including English.
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European State Finance Database
http://www.le.ac.uk/hi/bon/ESFDB/dir.html
This database was compiled by Professor R J Bonney from the University of Leicester. It could be of interest to anyone researching historical financial economics, across Europe. Examples of data are diverse and include English economic indicators over time, Austrian finances, Polish state finance 1576-1717, finances of the papacy in sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the geographical distribution of taxable wealth in England from 1291-1535. Data is supplied as raw text files or in SAS transport mode.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Papers Index
http://www.frbatlanta.org/pubs/wp/
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Papers are available online in full-text. There are also links to other publications produced by the bank including statistics and and periodicals.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
http://www.minneapolisfed.org/
This site provides information on the federal reserve system, as well as publications, working papers and studies from the bank. Working papers are by members of the bank's research unit, or affiliated academic researchers. The bank's quarterly review contains academic and technical articles on aspects of money and banking, available in PDF, with abstracts. There is also a section on the US economy, which includes data about the US discount and inflation rate. Finally there is a section on economic education, which might be useful for students. Some parts of this site require the Adobe Acrobat viewer.
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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
http://www.frbsf.org/
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is one of twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks across the United States that, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., serve as the nation's central bank. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco website has an extensive range of resources. There are links to full-text copies of economic research working papers produced by the bank. There is a glossary of banking terms, frequently asked questions about the Federal Reserve System and links to economic and financial data.
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Fiscal studies
http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0143-5671
This online journal is published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, a politically independent registered UK charity which conducts research. The journal contents reflect a broad range of fiscal studies. Articles cover subjects such as privatisation of energy utilities, UK productivity performance, pension schemes and fiscal drag. Articles are not confined to the UK; other European countries are considered too. The intended audience includes many types of people involved in fiscal policy, as opposed to academics only. Abstracts and contents can be viewed by anyone, but full-text is only accessible to subscribers.
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Government of Ireland: Department of Finance
http://www.finance.gov.ie/ViewDoc.asp?fn=/home.asp
This is the official site for the Irish government's Department of Finance. The site has an explanation of its work and an organisational chart of its management structure. Monthly economic bulletins on Ireland's economy can be accessed. There is also a section on legislation. The site contains various publications: economic reports, circulars, finance accounts, and articles on the freedom of information. There are reports on each annual Irish budget.
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HM Treasury
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
The HM Treasury website contains the full-text of HM Treasury publications, including press releases, ministers' speeches, economic data / tools, reports on policy issues and details of Treasury running costs. It also contains full details of the Budget, the Pre-Budget Report and the Comprehensive Spending Review, as well as, details of current legislation / consultations. Areas covered by the Treasury include: public private partnerships; financial services; public spending; taxation; welfare; monetary policy.
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IMF - International Financial Statistics
http://www.esds.ac.uk/international/access/dataset_overview.asp#desc_IMFIFS
This website gives information about the IMF - International Financial Statistics (IFS), one of a series of macro-economic time series databanks held by the Economic and Social Data Service. "The IFS database contains approximately 32,000 time series on economic topics including balance of payments, banking and financial systems, labour, exchange rates, fund position, government finance, interest rates, international liquidity, national accounts, population, prices, production, and trade.". Sections covered within the time series include exchange rates, fund accounts, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, wages, production and employment, international transactions, government finance, and national accounts and population. Available annual series generally begin in 1948; quarterly and monthly series begin in 1967. The site provides a general description of the dataset, details of how to obtain authorisation to use it and reference to user documentation. ESDS International - which is a specialist data service of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) - provides online access to facilitate wider use of these data for secondary research and teaching purposes. The site requires an authentication username and password, check with your institutional library.
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IMF Publications
http://www.imf.org/external/pubind.htm
This site provides access to all IMF publications published by the International Monetary Fund since January 1997. The papers cover a wide range of topics relating to economics and finance. This has included: surveys of inflation, capital flows, exchange rate mechanisms, tax, transitional economies, banks, monetary policy, international finance and pensions. They provide valuable material on current economic research and details of economies worldwide.
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Insolvency Service
http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/
The Insolvency Service is an executive agency within the UK Department of Trade and Industry. Its role is to administer the affairs of individual and corporate bankrupts and companies in liquidation, to deal with the disqualification of company directors and to advise government ministers on insolvency matters. Its website provides a guide to UK bankruptcy procedures, including official forms for the disqualification of company directors and information to creditors on how to proceed to claim monies owing. It also includes some statistics on the number and type of individual and corporate bankrupts registered in the UK in the past few years.
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Institute for Fiscal Studies
http://www.ifs.org.uk/
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is a research institute which exists to provide economic analysis independent of government, political party or any other interests. Research concentrates on the UK tax system and also includes budget analysis, consumption / demand, econometric methods, public spending, investment / finance and savings. IFS hosts various research centres, including the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Fiscal Policy and cemmap, the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, among others The site offers details of IFS conferences, IFS research, online publications, IFS vacancies, and other information. There are analyses of economic data, most famously their annual reviews of the UK national budgets and pre-budget reports, as well as their green budgets that emphasise environmental issues. Users can browse information by research topic or publication type, sign up for email updates and request to attend events.
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