Economics and Finance Research Guide (IMF): News & Blogs

Bloomberg news is available from Bloomberg Professional workstations and EBSCOhost (with a 2-day embargo). Bloomberg articles are also included in the IMF News Report.

The current issues from the Economist.com. Access instructions
For historical issues see the Economist Historical Archive which has full text from 1843 to recent years.

Factiva, a Dow Jones company, provides global news and business information to all World Bank Group and IMF staff.

Includes full, unlimited access to the content of FT.com, including the Lex column, 2004 to the present. Registration is required. See Access to Financial Times for registration and mobile access options.

National daily newspaper serving the business community with influential reports on companies, markets, politics and international news. Includes images. Country of origin: United States

Register for Factiva to access

News and white papers on monetary policy, financial stability, economics, governance, reserves and currency. News is updated daily. Includes access to Central Banking Journal, web version.

EBSCO's Newswires provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis.

Real-time news coverage, press reviews, macroeconomic analyses, and country reports on the major emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Euro Area periphery. Includes high-quality economic reports, macroeconomic statistics, political comments and forecasts.

Provides debate and commentary on news for the euro area, focusing on macroeconomics, politics, and macro-finance. A Daily News Briefing on the Euro area, monetary policies, economic performance, and its role in the global economy is available online or by email after registering your account.

Original commentaries by prominent political leaders, policy makers, scholars, business leaders, and civic activists from around the world to readers everywhere

News articles and journals covering the international financial risk management sector.

Breaking industry news, exclusive reporting, and rich commentary in real-time in the banking & financial services and metals & mining sectors.

IMFBlog is a forum for the views of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and officials on pressing economic and policy issues of the day.

Top ranked economics and finance blog with a focus on the housing market.

From Timothy Taylor, managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

"Unconventional thoughts on economic development and globalization" by Dani Rodrik, professor at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

"Random Observations for Students of Economics" from an economist at Harvard and author of leading undergraduuate textbooks.

Blogs from the London School of Economics and Political Science. "LSE’s public-facing blogs have grown into one of the world’s primary digital knowledge exchange platforms for academics, students, and researchers."

Topic areas include: Realtime economic issues watch, Trade & investment policy watch, China economic watch, North Korea: Witness to transformation, and more

Research-based policy analysis portal and commentary set up by the Centre for Economic Policy Research.