Australian economy

• The latest Commonwealth Budget is online.

• Find the latest Australian economic statistics, e.g. consumer price index (select Statistics, and then Key National Indicators), from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

• Monthly economic and social indicators are published by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library. These include comparative CPI figures.

• Find Reserve Bank of Australia media releases, speeches, articles from the bank's Bulletin, reports and statements.

• The Productivity Commission is the principal review and advisory body on Australian government microeconomic policy and regulation.

• Check out Australian trade at AusTrade, or read In the National Interest, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's white paper on trade and foreign policy.

• Read the latest Trade Outcomes and Objectives Statement from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

• Search for all kinds of information about Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC, including committees, working groups, action plans and profiles of member economies.

Other economic links

• The CIA publishes international economic statistics.

• More information on the world economy can be found at World Resources 2000-2001. Data for 1998-99 and 1996-97 is also available.

• The World Bank has published a report East Asia: The Road to Recovery and a follow up report about the growing recovery.

  The IMF publishes the World Economic Outlook semi-annually as well as quarterly information about its financial transaction plans.

• The World Bank also publishes country competitiveness indicators.

• Check out Europages, the European business directory.

• The UK in Figures gives a statistical overview of the UK.

• The Latin American Network Information Center, LANIC, provides all kinds of information, including government and economic data, on Latin American countries. You can also search by subject.

• The International Labour Organization's Crisis Response and Reconstruction section has brief information on economic and financial downturns in Asia.