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Economics

The Economics subject guide gives you access to useful library databases and trusted Web resources, relevant for researching many topics in economics or finance

News

Working papers & preprints (see above) are useful for current awareness, but news sources & blogs are even more up to date. Two important sources of quality news in Economics & Finance that the Library subscribes to are:

Other useful places to look are major media organisations, such as BBC Economy News, New York Times Economy pages, etc.

Commercial organisations like Bloomberg and Reuters are important providers, especially for financial & markets news. The Library subscribes to Refinitiv Workspace, which offers access to Eikon incorporating Reuters business news (functionality includes company specific news and sentiment analysis).

The library also has access to the Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2016) and the Economist Historical Archive (1843-2015)

 

Blogs

There are a large number of blogs in Economics, some of which can be useful, particularly for discussion of current, policy-related topics. Respected blogs include: