Blogs, Banks & Think-Tanks

Favorites

• Ekonamik – Macroeconomics, financial and political news and analysis from the Nordics
• Financial Times – Brussels Blog, Lex, Money Supply, Alphaville and Comment by Martin Wolf, Gideon Rachman
• The Economist – Free Exchange Blog
• Project Sindicate – Nouriel Roubini, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Shiller, Barry Eichengreen, Dani Rodrik, Daniel Gros, Martin Feldstein,
• New York Times – Paul Krugman’s The Conscience of a Liberal
• Greg Mankiw’s Blog
• Economist’s View
• The Keystone Speculator
• Deutsche Bank Research (Scout)
• Rabobank Groep – Nieuwe Internationale Studies
• Unicredit (via HypoVereinsbank) – Economics and Commodities Research: Publikationen
• CIB NATIXIS – Economic Research Publications
• Danske Bank Research
• KBC Corporate Research
• Bruegel –  Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory
• CEPS – Centre for European Policy Studies
• CESifo – Press Releases; Policy Debate; Research; Economics Facts and Figures; Survey Results, Forecasts, Institutional Comparisons, Topical Terms, ifo Economic Data
• VoxEU
• Refractory

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Blogs – European Affairs

• Blogs of officials of, and representatives to, the EU
• Bloggingportal.eu – The portal of EU blogging

EU Economics

• Financial Times – Brussels Blog
• WSJ – Real Time Brussels, New Europe
• The Economist – Charlemagne’s Notebook and Column
• Liberation – Coulisses de Bruxelles
• A Fistful of Euros

EU Law

• CAP Reform
• ECJ Blog
• Grahn Law
• EU Law Blog
• EMU Law Blog

EU Defence

• European Defence Agency
• Bruxelles2
• Europe, its Defence, Security and More

By Country

• Weblog.pt – The Portuguese Blogging Portal
• DESMITOS – Blog on Portuguese Economy (in Portuguese)
• Ladrões de Bicicletas – Blog on Portuguese Economy (in Portuguese)
• The Portuguese Economy
• Margens de Erro – Portuguese Political Surveys
• Economics and Art – “Writings on the dismal science; recent and not so recent paintings by the author; and other vital matters. In Portuguese and English”
• News from Spain
• Italian Economy Watch
• The Greek Crisis
• The Irish Economy
• French Economy Watch

Blogs – Finance and Economics

• The Economist – Free Exchange Blog
• Financial Times – Lex, Money Supply, Alphaville and Comment by Martin Wolf, Gideon Rachman
• Project Sindicate – Nouriel Roubini, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Shiller, Barry Eichengreen, Dani Rodrik, Daniel Gros, Martin Feldstein,
• New York Times – Paul Krugman’s The Conscience of a Liberal
• Greg Mankiw’s Blog
• Economist’s View
• True Economics
• Dani Rodrik’s weblog
• Credit Writedowns
• Nick Andrews’ Blog
• BFMN News Blog – Youtube Channel
• iMF direct – ECB related
• World Bank blogs
• Catalog of Finance blogs

Think-Tanks/Banks 

• Deutsche Bank Research (Scout)
• Rabobank Groep – Nieuwe Internationale Studies
• Unicredit (via HypoVereinsbank) – Economics and Commodities Research: Publikationen (CC)
• UBS Research – Wealth Management Research (Global Outlook, Swiss Outlook, Switzerland in figures, Swiss Economic Forecast); Investment Bank Economic Research (Economic Calendar, Q Series)
• Credit Suisse – Research
• BNP Paribas Economic Research Department – EcoFlash, EcoWeek, Conjuncture, Economic and Market Monitor
• Societe Generale – Economic Situation, ScenarioEco, EcoNote
• Credit Agricole – Economic Research Department
• CIB NATIXIS – Economic Research Publications
• KBC Corporate Research
• Dexia – Research
• Grupo Santander – Research
• BBVA – Research
• La Caixa – Research
• Alliance Bernstein Economic Perspectives
• Itau – Economic Analysis
• Goldman Sachs – Research
• Morgan Stanley’s “Our views”
• Lloyds TSB – Research
• Barclays Capital – Research Reports
• CBI Business Surveys – Calendar
• Danske Bank Research
• Norges Bank – Research
• Handelsbank – Macro Research; Strategy; Equities
• Swedbank – Macro Research
• Nordea – News and Research
• Nomura Global Research – Login; NIMR
• Mizuho – Research Institute

Think-Tanks – Policy & Research

• ECB – Publications
• European Commission – Economic and Financial Affairs
• EuroEconomics
• Bruegel –  Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory
• CEPS – Centre for European Policy Studies
• Eurointelligence – the independent, and committed internet-based service for economic commentary and analysis of the euro area, exclusive.
• Norton Rose – While the leading international legal practice is not a think tank, it‘s publications provide suficient insight to be considered as such (particularly on Euro-Zone legal issues).
• Roubini Global Economics – Economic Research
• Capital Economics
• CreditSights
• Cercle des Economistes – Publications: Ouvrages Collectifs, Cahiers, Livres
• Lombard Street Research – Research
• ZEW Centre for European Economic Research – Press; Research; Publications
• KOF Swiss Economic Institute – Press Releases; Research; Indicators; Forecasts; Surveys
• CESifo – Press Releases; Policy Debate; Research; Economics Facts and Figures; Survey Results, Forecasts, Institutional Comparisons, Topical Terms, ifo Economic Data
• Forex.com
• Research Recap – Equity, Credit, Academic, Economic, Industry, Market
• VoxEU – a subsidiary of CEPR which aims to promote research-based policy analysis and commentary by leading scholars. It is an general economics website with a emphasis on EU policy
• CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research): Research by Topics – Development Economics, Industrial Organisations, International Macro, International Trade and Regional Economics, Labour Economics, Public Policy, Financial Economics; Research by Authors
• NBER  (National Bureau of Economic Research): Research by Series; Research by Authors
• CER – Centre for European Reform
• CEPA – Centre for European Policy Analysis
• BEPA – The European Commission’s own Bureau of European Policy Advisers, with its three Expert Groups on Political Analysis (GPA), Economic Analysis (GEPA) and Societal Policy Analysis (GSPA)
• European Council on Foreign Relations
• Europe’s World
• Chatham House
• VoteWatch – an independent website set up to promote better debates and greater transparency in EU decision-making by providing  easy access to, and analysis of, the political decisions and activities of the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers.

Blogs – Commodities

• Tip’d
• Commodity Corner – Commodities Blog @ Reuters
• Commodity Trader
• Chuck’s Commodities Blog
• Commodity Blog
• Commodity Bull Market
• Commodity Online
• Commodity Futures Trading Blog
• Commodity Futures Blog
• GFT Futures
• Commodity Trading Today
• Commodities – @ About.com

Metal (precious and base)

• BaseMetals.com – mining news, and price quotes
• Copper Investing News – for copper
• KCI Investing
• Mineweb – for base metals.
• Commodities Update – for on base metals.
• MCX Commodity Tips – The Bullion Metals
• The Gold Blog
• Silver Investor Blog
• Seeking Alpha gold, silver and other precious metals.
• Bullion Buzz – gold, silver and platinum.
• Platinum Today – for platinum
• Bill’s Blog – prices of precious metals

Oil and Energy

• Oil Trader’s Blog
• Crude Oil Trader
• RigZone – information about oil and gas.
• The Oil Drum – interesting forum on energy issues
• GasTrader.net specializes in news and analysis of the natural gas market.
• Seeking Alpha -check for energy stocks.
• Carbon Trading
• Energy and Capital – for new energy.
• Ethanol Blog
• Energy Bulletin

Agricultural

• Daily Futures
• Trading Charts
• The Grain Trader
• Commodity News

Investors – Apparently a good way to make money is by investigating and comparing Regulatory reports of companies registered in stock exchanges of different countries.

• Citron Research
• Rick Pearson
• Waldomushmen
• Bronte Capital
• Muddy Waters

Blogs – Technology

• FT’s Technology Blogs and News
• CNET blogs
• Endagadget
• Gizmodo
• TechCrunch
• Slashdot
• BoingBoing
• Kuro5hin
• Lifehacker

Funny

Notes from the Frontline, by Matt Dellito – Matt Delito is a pseudonym for a policeman working for the Metropolitan Police. All stories from the frontline are not entirely “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,” due to the sensitive nature of the business, but are all based on actual events.

BabyBarista – This started out as a humble blog on this website. The stories he told led to him getting two book deals with Harry Potter’s publisher Bloomsburyand also a blog on The Times for three years and now a blog at The Guardian. The first six months of the blog can be found in the archives on this site from October 2006 to March 2007. The rest of the content up to the current day is at the BabyBarista Blog. It is written by barrister and writer Tim Kevan.