International Finance
This bibliography includes major sources of multi-country financial information
available at Gelman Library. It does not include sources of financial
data for individual countries. Other relevant bibliographies are International
Economic Statistics and Indicators, Stocks,
and Bonds. This page is arranged in the following
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- Annual Reports of the World's Central Banks. Microfiche.
1984-1998.
Location: THIRD FLOOR MICROFORMS ROOM
A microfiche collection of the "most recent report of each of
the world's Central Banks from the collection in the Joint Bank/Fund
Library, Washington, D.C." To find the call number for the reports
for a particular country, go to the ALADIN
catalog. Use Keyword Search and type "annual reports," and
"central banks," (with quotation marks) and the name of country
(with quotation marks if more than one word).
- Central Bank Websites.
Location: http://www.bis.org/cbanks.htm
This is a regularly updated list of links to sites for the central
banks of a number of countries.
- Economagic.com Economic
Time Series Page.
Location: http://www.economagic.com
Mostly provides data for the U.S., but also includes some financial
time series for Japan, Australia, the EU, and LIBOR.
- EconStats
Location: http://www.econstats.com/
By clicking on Global Econ Data, World Bank Development Data, IMF International Financial Statistics, and IMF World Economic Outlook data are available.
- International
Financial Statistics Monthly. Monthly. 1948-
Location: ALADIN
"International Financial Statistics is a standard source of international
statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. It reports,
for most countries of the world, current data needed in the analysis of problems
of international payments and of inflation and deflation., i.e.., data on
exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and
banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government
accounts, and national accounts." Below are the two print versions. This is
a publication of the International Monetary Fund.
- International Financial Statistics. Monthly. 1948-.
Location: LATEST ISSUES AT PERIODICALS DESK; 1948-1977 on microfilm,
1978 - on microfiche. Virginia Campus Library also has 1998 -
Also available on EconStats (see above).
- International Financial Statistics Yearbook. Annual.
1979-.
Location: READY REF HG 3881 .I647 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS). Virginia
Campus Library also has 1992 - 2003.
Also available on EconStats (see above).
- Datastream
Location: Selected Stations on Ground Floor
Provides a variety of financial data such as credit, debt, interest
rates, foreign exchange, money supply, and deposits by clicking on economics
and econ views.
- Statistical
Agencies (International).
Location: http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
This provides links to the web sites of statistical agencies of many
countries.
- Source
OECD
Location: ALADIN
This includes OECD publications and has a plethora of statistics.
- OECD Financial Statistics. Semi-annual with bi-monthly
supplements. 1971-1980
Location: HG 186 .A1 O75
Data on member nations of the Organizations for Economic Cooperation
and Development. Has ceased publication.
- OECD Financial Statistics Part 1: Financial Statistics Monthly.
October 1980-January, 1998.
Location: HG 186 .A1 O76
Statistics for OECD and non-OECD nations) on funds on international
markets by bond, and bank loans, etc.
- OECD Financial Statistics Part 2: Financial Accounts of OECD
Countries. Semi-annual. 1981-.
Location: HG 186 .A1 O75. Partially supersedes OECD Financial Statistics
(see above).
This "regroups the flow accounts and the balance sheet accounts
by institutional sector and by type of financial instrument" for
each OECD member nation.
- OECD Financial Statistics Part 3: Non-Financial Enterprises
Financial Statements. Annual. 1981-1996.
Location: HG 136 .O733
Covers "private non-financial corporations as defined by the
United System of National Accounts." Data may be based on a sample
or entire sector, depending on the country. It is important to read
the short introduction before making use of the data contained therein.
- United Nations Statistical Yearbook. Annual. 1948-.
Location: READY REF HA 12.5 U63 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS).
This United Nations compendium of statistical tables includes some
on finance. Covers most countries in the world.
- Bank for International Settlements.
Location: http://www.bis.org
Provides the full text to some of the bank's annual reports and statistical
and research publications.
- Latest Information on National Accounts of Developing Countries. Annual. 1979-1987.
Location: HC 59.7.O7334
Published by the OECD.
- Latest Information on National Accounts of Less Developed Countries. 1975
Location: HC 59.7.O7332
Published by the OECD.
- National Accounts of Less Developed Countries. 1959-1968.
Location: HC 59.7.O733
Published by the OECD.
- National Accounts of Less Developed Countries. 1950-1966.
Location: HC 59.7.O75 (stored at WRLC)
Published by the OECD.
- National Accounts of OECD Countries. Main Aggregates.
Annual. 1952-2003.
Location: HC 79 .I507A (Also on microfiche 1960-1991)
- Quarterly National Accounts. Quarterly. 1975-
Location: WRLC Storage 1975-1981; MICROFICHE 1982-1990; IIS microfiche 2300-P8 in
reference 1983-
Published by the OECD. The title was Quarterly National Accounts Bulletin, 1975-
1982.
- Quarterly National Accounts. Historical Statistics.
Location: HC 79.I5 O68
Covers 1960-1971. Published by the OECD.
- Yearbook of National Accounts Statistics. Annual.
1958-1961, 1963-1969, 1971-1975, 1977-1981
Location: HC 79 .I5 U53
This United Nations Two-volume publication includes an explanation of the System of National Accounts developed by the U.N. as well as the actual data for over 150 countries.
- National Accounts Statistics. Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables. 1976-1991, 1993 -.
Location: REF HC 79 .I5 U53 (Earlier in Stacks)
Continues in part the Yearbook of National Accounts Statistics (see above)..
- National Accounts Statistics. Government Accounts and Tables.
Annual. 1982-1983
Location: HC 79 .I5 U5322
A supplement to the preceeding item. Continues, in part, the Yearbook of National Accounts Statistics (see above).
- National Accounts Statistics. Analysis of Main Aggregates.
Annual. 1982-1989, 1998/1999, 2001-.
Location: REF HC 79 .I5 U532 (Earlier in Stacks)
Continues, in part, the Yearbook of National Accounts Statistics (see above).
- FXConverter: 164
Currency Converter. Daily. 1990-.
Location: http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
This gives daily exchange rates (high, median, and low) for 164 currencies.
- What was the Exchange
Rate Then?
Location: http://eh.net/hmit/exchangerates/
"Exchange rate between the United States dollar and forty other countries, 1913 - 1999," annually.
- Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements & Exchange Restrictions.
Annual. 1950-.
Location: REF HG 3826 .I15 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACK)
Part one of this International Monetary Fund publication is "Development
in the International Exchange Rate and Restrictive Systems"; part two
consists of discussion of individual countries' exchange arrangements and
restrictions and a table summarizing the relevant features of the member nations.
- Foreign Exchange
Rates (Weekly). Weekly. July 5, 1996-
Location: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/
This contains weekly releases reporting daily foreign exchange rates.
- Foreign Exchange
Rates (Monthly). Monthly. June 28,1996-
Location: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g5/
This contains monthly releases reporting the average foreign exchange rates
for the month, for each of the two prior months, and for the month of the
previous year.
- Foreign Exchange
Rates. (Annual). Annual. 1997 -.
Location: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g5a/
Shows the, "average rates of exchange," for a number of years.
- Foreign
Exchange Rates Historical Data. Weekly. 1971 -
Location: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/hist/
This provides daily foreign exchange rates.
- Foreign Exchange Rates (10 AM Midpoints).
Location: National Trade Data Bank on Stat-USA
(http://www.stat-usa.gov). Also available on ALADIN
- Foreign Exchange Rates (Noon Buying Rates).
Location: National Trade Data Bank on Stat-USA
(http://www.stat-usa.gov). Also available on ALADIN
- EconStats. Jan., 1971 -
Location: http://www.econstats.com/
By clicking on FX Rates, average monthly rates vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar
are displayed.
- FOREX News. Daily.
Location: http://www.forexnews.com
The Money Garden Financial Group provides foreign exhange news and analysis.
- Economagic.com Economic Time
Series Page
Location: http://www.economagic.com/
Though mainly devoted to the United States, this includes LIBOR in a number of currencies.
- International Currency Review. Bi-monthly. 1969-.
Location: PERIODICALS
The section "Currency and Economic Review" consists of discussion
of several pages in length each on various countries and their currencies.
- International Money Market Year Book. Annual. 1973-74 1979/80-83
Location: HG 3858 .F6 I58
Contains a wealth of data on U.S. Treasury bills, foreign currency futures,
gold etc.
- Monthly Bulletin of Statistics. Monthly. 1947-1950, 1975-.
Location: PERIODICALS HC 57.U66 (EARLIER IN STACKS)
This includes a table giving exchange rates "in units of national currency
per U.S. dollar..."
- World Currency Yearbook. Annual. 1985-1990/1993
Location: HG 219. P5
Rather complete description of currency country by country: history, transferability,
"currency developments" and statistical information (e.g. exchanges,
rates, circulation).
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook. Annual 1938-.
Location: REF HF 1014 .I5 (Earlier in Stacks)
Part one contains individual country statistics; part two provides regional and world statistics. Published by the International Monetary Fund.
- External
Debt Statistics
Location: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/ed/joint.htm
This provides statistics on components of countries' debt and reserves that
are compiled and published by the Bank for International Settlements, the
International Monetary Fund, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development, and the World Bank.
- Global
Development Finance Online. 1970-
Location: ALADIN
Includes "...more than 200 debt and financial flows indicators for...135
coutnries." Published by the World Bank. Below is the print version.
- Global Development Finance. Annual. 1975, 1979-2006.
Location: READY REF HJ 8011 .W92 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN THE STACKS)
Print version of the item above.
- Statistics on Payment Systems in the Group of Ten Countries.
Location: http://www.bis.org/publ/cpss44.htm
Includes data back to 1995.
- International Direct Investment Statistics Yearbook. Annual.
1993-
Location: IIS microfiche 2300-S90 on the Third Floor
Provides "data on flows and stocks of incoming and outgoing foreign investment
in OECD countries..."
- IRM Directory of Statistics of International Investment and Production
Location: HG 4538 .D86 1987
Contains data for eighty countries on "the international direct investment
position...in a systematic and comparable way." Continued by the item below.
- World Investment Directory.
1992 -
Location: http://www.unctad.org/wir. Also in IIS Microfiche 4050-S26
on the Third Floor.
A continuation of the item above.
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook. Annual 1980-.
Location: REF HJ 101 .G68 (NEXT LATEST EDITION AT VIRGINIA CAMPUS LIBRARY; EARLIER EDITIONS IN THE STACKS)
This is another publication by the International Monetary Fund. It provides such statistics as revenues, expenditures, lending, financing and debt of central government. It also provides non statistical information (e.g. governmental accounts, public financial institutions). Over 120 countries are covered.
- International Financial Statistics Locator.
Location: READY REF HG 151.7 .B37 1995
This indicates in which publications various data can be found.
- Investment Statistics Locator.
Location: READY REF HG 4910 .C47 1995 (Also at Virginia Campus Library).
This indicates in which publications various data, including international financial statistics, can be found.
- Mergent International Manual. Annual, with monthly News
Report. 1981-.
Location: REF HG 4509 .M66 (INDEX TABLE 7; EARLIER EDITIONS IN THE STACKS)
Covers over 3000 non U.S. corporation (including banks). More than a directory;
it gives financial information, a short history, and the like. It also provides
financial information on countries themselves. Also includes in the marked
center section in volume 1 some statistical information (e.g. money market
rates). The most recent weekly News Report can be found at http://www.mergent.com/publish/news_reports.asp near the bottom of the page.
- Mergent Online
Location: ALADIN
This includes recent company found in the Mergent International Manual
(see above). In abrition to searching by company name, it is possible,
in advanced search, to retrieve information on companies listed in various
indexes (e.g. the Danish KFX20 index) or meeting various criteria including
country and region. It is also possible to limit a search to interantional
(as opposed to U.S.) companies in general in advanced search.
- Thomson Bank Directory. Annual. Latest edition only retained
Location: REF HG 1536. P633
Two volumes cover non-U.S. banks. Financial information is given for some
of the banks.
- Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance (Tenth Edition).
Location: REF HG 151. E52 1994
- Country
Finance.
Location: Economist Intelligence Unit on ALADIN
"...a comprehensive guide to the world's main financial systems..."
It covers forty-five countries.
- A Bibliography of Finance
Location: HG 173 .F5 B76 1991
- A Bibliography of Finance and Investment
Location: WRLC CENTER Z 7164 .F5 B77
- Finance Literature Index. 1st edition, 3rd edition, 4th edition (1989, 1992, 1994)
Location: HG 173 .F47
- Sources of World Financial and Banking Information
Location: HG 179 .D52
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