ANZ Job Advertisements - Latest media releases for the ANZ Bank's job advertisements series (informative).

Reserve Bank of Australia - Probably the best place to find historical economic and financial data on Australia (highly recommended).

Australian Bureau of Statistics - Official housing price indexes of Australia's eight capital cities, quarterly (recommended).

Real Estate Institute Rents & Index - Quarterly median house prices and rents, all Australian capital cities (informative).

Economic Statistics Briefing Room - Excellent starting point for up-to-date economic and financial statistics on the US economy (informative).

Bank of England - Monetary and Financial Statistics Main Page (informative).

Federal Reserve Bank of New York (informative).

Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED) - Massive collection of historical data on the US economy, banking system and financial markets. Fantastic site (informative).

Economagic - Time series data on nearly every major US economic indicator (informative).

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD's updated web site is much better than its predecessor. Excellent source of international economic and financial information (informative).

European Central Bank - Extensive collection of press releases, speeches and statistical publications about euro zone countries (informative).

Eurostat - Best source of up-to-date European and euro zone statistics. Some data is subscription-only but most of the key indicators are free (informative).