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Website links listed here are especially important for new Forex
traders. They are rich international sources for economic data, news, and
information that affect Forex trading every day.
Visit them often.
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 The Bank for International Settlements
(BIS) is an international organization which fosters international monetary and
financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks.
The BIS fulfils this mandate by acting as:
- a forum to promote discussion and policy analysis among central banks and within
the international financial community
- a center for economic and monetary research
- a prime counterparty for central banks in their financial transactions
- agent or trustee in connection with international financial operations
The head office is in Basel, Switzerland and there are two representative offices
in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
and in Mexico City.
Established on May 17, 1930, the BIS is the world's oldest international financial
organization.
As its customers are central banks and international organizsations, the BIS does
not accept deposits from, or provide financial services to, private individuals
or corporate entities. The BIS strongly advises caution against fraudulent schemes.
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 BEA is an agency of the
Department of Commerce. Along with the
Census Bureau
and STAT-USA,
BEA is part of the Department's
Economics
and Statistics Administration. BEA produces economic accounts
statistics that enable government and business decision-makers, researchers, and
the American public to follow and understand the performance of the Nation's economy.
To do this, BEA collects source data, conducts research and analysis, develops and
implements estimation methodologies, and disseminates statistics to the public.
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 The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
the source of some of our most important economic indicators including
Consumer
Price Index
(CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI).
The BLS is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad
field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical
agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical
data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and
local governments, business, and labor. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource
to the Department of Labor.
BLS data must satisfy a number of criteria, including relevance to current social
and economic issues, timeliness in reflecting today’s rapidly changing economic
conditions, accuracy and consistently high statistical quality, and impartiality
in both subject matter and presentation.
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 The Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency (OCC) charters, regulates, and supervises all national banks. It also
supervises the federal branches and agencies of foreign banks. Headquartered in
Washington, D.C., the OCC has four district offices plus an office in London to
supervise the international activities of national banks. National banks which offer
retail or institutional Forex trading are subject to OCC regulations.
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 Dismal Scientist provides real-time
monitoring of the world's economies. Each regional edition, U.S./Canada, Asia/Pacific,
Europe and Latin America, is produced locally from West Chester, Sydney, and London
respectively. Both Barron's and Forbes have named Dismal Scientist
the premier destination on the web for economic analysis.
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 The Economics and Statistics Administration
(ESA) is the bureau within the U.S. Department of Commerce where economic and social
changes are chronicled, understood, and explained. A comprehensive list of
economic indicators
is maintained on this web site.
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 Economic Indicators.gov is maintained
by the
Economics and Statistics Administration
at the
U.S. Department
of Commerce. Its mission is to provide timely access to the
daily releases of key economic indicators from the
Bureau of Economic Analysis
and the
U.S. Census Bureau.
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 The eStandards Forum provides a central,
searchable, database on the extent of national compliance with international financial
standards and codes.
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 The Survey of Professional Forecasters
is the oldest quarterly survey of macroeconomic forecasts in the United States.
The survey began in 1968 and was conducted by the American Statistical Association
and the National Bureau of Economic Research. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
took over the survey in 1990.
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 Whether you want to see the GDP dating
back to 1998 or you want to see farm income in the U.S. for a single month, you
can get the raw economic data on GPO Access.
Available from April 1995 forward, this monthly compilation is prepared for the
Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisors and provides economic
information on prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit,
money and Federal finance.
Documents are available as ASCII text and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).
Charts and graphs are omitted from the ASCII text version.
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 The ICA promotes best compliance
and anti money laundering practice in the financial services sector.
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 The IMF is an international organization
of 185 member countries. It was established to promote international monetary cooperation,
exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements.
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 The IOSCO maintains a list of international
regulatory authorities. Ordinary and associate membership lists include government
regulators. Affiliate membership lists include exchanges and other self-regulatory
organizations.
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 Markit Economics is a specialist
compiler of business surveys and economic indices, producing some of the world’s
most closely watched economic indicators. Our data include the Purchasing Managers'
Index (PMI) series, which is now available for 26 countries and key regions including
the Eurozone and BRIC as well as by detailed sector.
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 The NFA is an independent self-regulatory
non-profit organization that regulates the futures market. The NFA began operating
in 1982. Through the implementation and enforcement of regulatory programs, the
NFA protects investors from fraudulent futures activities. It also provides arbitration
and mediation services for resolving investor complaints. Since the NFA is independent,
its regulations are unbiased towards any one member.
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 Established in 1991, the National
Introducing Brokers Association is one of the foremost, nationally recognized organizations
representing professionals in the futures and options industry. NIBA members include
Introducing Brokers, Commodity Trading Advisors, Futures and Options Exchanges,
Futures Commissions Merchants and resource providers to the industry.
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 STAT-USA is a single point of access
to authoritative business, trade, and economic information from across the United
States Federal Government.
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 The United States Census Bureau (officially
Bureau of the Census as defined in Title 13 U.S.C. § 11) is a part of the United
States Department of Commerce. It is the government agency that is responsible for
the United States Census.
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 Congress created the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) in 1974 as an independent agency with the mandate to regulate
commodity futures and option markets in the United States. The agency's mandate
has been renewed and expanded several times since then, most recently by the Commodity
Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
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 The mission of the department is
to "promote job creation and improved living standards for all Americans by creating
an infrastructure that promotes economic growth, technological competitiveness,
and sustainable development." Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic
data for business and government decision-making, issuing patents and trademarks,
and helping to set industrial standards.
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 The mission of the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient
markets, and facilitate capital formation.
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