Suggested Sites for Economic Data
Financial Post www.canoe.ca/fp/
Top site for business news. Contains leading indicators and links to Canadian
corporations. Easy to navigate.
Royal Bank Library www.royalbank.com/english/library.html
Good source of reports on the
economy. Click on the Market Trends link for reports on leading indicators and top
stories.
Bank of Canada www.bank-banque-canada.ca
Best source for Canadian financial data. Click on Weekly Financial Statistics for
up-to-date statistics. About the Bank gives an overview of the Bank's history and
operations, and Publications and Research contains economic reports.
TD Bank www.tdbank.ca
Click on Economic Reports for daily indicators. Daily Market Report is
very useful, it gives daily business and economic news.
Statistics Canada www.statcan.ca
Good source for Canadian economic data. Click on Daily News for updated info
and newly-released studies. Click on Canadian Statistics for demographic and
economic data.
Other Sites
These sites will be useful for students interested in economic issues not
covered in class.
Bank of Canada Currency Museum www.schoolnet.ca/collections/bank/english/index.htm
Good site. Tells the history of currency in Canada from pre-colonial times
to the present. Very easy to navigate with lots of picutres.
Canoe (Canadian Online Explorer) www.canoe.ca
Large Canadian News site. Contains links to major newspapers and magazines,
and also carries the daily headlines. very easy to navigate.
DRI-WEFA http://www.dri-wefa.com
DRI-WEFA is a major private sector economic forecasting and consulting firm.
It conducts a very wide range of work from country analysis to information industry
outlook.
Essential Principles of Economics: A Hypermedia Text William-king.www.drexel.edu/top/printxtecoToC.html
Online textbook for Micro and Macro economics. Full of diagrams and very
useful. Also contains links to original texts, for example clicking on Adam
Smith in Chapter One links to a biography of Adam Smith.
Finance Canada www.fin.gc.ca
Good background information on the Canadian budget and public debt. This site
contains tonnes of info, but there is some good stuff under Budget Info and Reports
and Publications.