List of websites that provide up-to-date data for critical releases:

I will add to this page as I come across things; feel free to email - or stick in the comments section - anything you come across too.

UK data releases:

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/index.html

Bank of England Inflation fan charts (NB can find many other forecasts around this site):

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Pages/inflationreport/irfanch.aspx

Global reports and forecasts:

IMF database - very manipulable   or

http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/index.php

EU stats:

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/

BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24532808


HSBC site (see previous blog) - you will need to go rooting around:

http://www.ukeconomyexplained.hsbc.co.uk/documents/download?id=60

Official US data

http://www.bea.gov/

Unofficial US data:

http://www.shadowstats.com/