Sources of economic information

The following institutions and government bodies will be of great use to the retail FX trader. Fortunately, all of the information you will need to stay up to date with FX fundamentals is only a mouse click away. For information such as that outlined above and much more besides, look up the following sources:

• Central bank websites www.bis.org/cbanks.htm

• US Federal Reserve www.federalreserve.gov

• The European Central Bank www.ecb.int

• The Bank of Japan www.boj.or.jp/en

• The Swiss National Bank www.snb.ch

• The Bank of England www.bankofengland.co.uk

• Reserve Bank of Australia www.rba.gov.au

• Reserve Bank of New Zealand www.rbnz.govt.nz

• The People’s Bank of China www.pbc.gov.cn/publish/english/963/index.html