Chapter 20 Internet Resources

• http://www.economist.com/markets/currency/map.cfm—The Economist magazine's website; offers a worldwide currency map showing data for each country, including currency name and exchange rate vis-à-vis any other currency, population, capital, and land area; map uses color codes to highlight which nations' currencies have appreciated or depreciated (vis-à-vis any other currency) over the past day, week, month, or year
  
  
• http://www.bis.org—Bank for International Settlements website; offers interesting publications and data on the international banking industry as well as on derivatives
  
  
• http://www.oanda.com—A site with enormous coverage of the foreign exchange markets
  
  
• http://news.ft.com/markets—Financial Times website; offers a wealth of data on worldwide financial markets
  
  
• http://www.corporateinformation.com—Offers research on countries and industries with many links for further exploration
  
  
• http://www.globalmarkets.com—A site by Standard & Poor's that offers information on fixed income, currency, and equity markets around the world
  
  
• http://www.securities.com—Internet Securities, Inc. website; specializes in providing data and news on emerging markets
  
  
• http://www.euribor.org—Provides information on the Euribor (Euro Interbank Offered Rate), a rate on loans between prime banks within the European Monetary Union, analogous to LIBOR
  
  
• http://www.x-rates.com—Allows you to create charts or historical data tables for virtually any of the world's currencies
  
  
• http://www.euroland.com—Provides data on nine different European stock exchanges
  
  
• http://www.prsgroup.com—Offers country risk rankings
  
  
  
• Problems 20-4 and 20-11. Go to The Economist website at http://www.economist.com.