The Financial Crisis Abroad

When not writing about Sarah Palin or the Presidential Election, most American news sources are focusing on the Financial Crisis the world is going through right now. Most of my readings on the topic have come from Greg Mankiw's blog via his excellent 'Commentary on the Financial Mess' posts which link to recent articles by important Economists from all over the web and has provided an incredibly rich collection of opinions and theories on what is going on in the economy.

Unfortunately, while some of these do touch upon the situation in other countries, most of them are very US centric. The Economist does a very good job of covering the situation in other countries, this week it had an interesting briefing on how the global financial crisis is impacting Eastern Europe. But the Economist has only so much space to devote to the issue each week and I have found that most of my information actually comes from the excellent Europe focused A Fistful of Euros blog. They seem to be having some issues with broken links right now (especially in their archive) but if you want detailed information about the impact of the crisis on Europe this is an excellent source. Many of their recent blog posts have been extremely detailed and informative so head over there and check it out. Here are their articles on Hungary, Kazakhstan, Spain, and the Baltic States