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Heightened risk and uncertainty in world markets put a premium on up-to-the-minute, trustworthy data. Whether you are assessing risk across countries, need access to the latest economic releases or are planning investments across borders, WorldData provides convenient access to a wide range of timely economic data and consistent, rigorous forecasts all in one single database directly over the Internet. WorldData is the essential tool for analysing countries and industries. A global database of economic data and forecasts on 150 countries, 45 regions and subregions and more than 120,000 series, the service provides in-depth coverage across the major economies and comprehensive coverage across emerging and pre-emerging markets. WorldData combines economic and industry forecasts with the latest economic data updated during the day in a powerful, easy-to-use web interface, without the need for software installation. Comprehensive global coverage WorldData combines economic and industry forecasts from the Economist Intelligence Unit with official data as it’s released direct from EcoWin. The service contains an average of more than 1,000 series per country of the latest economic data—covering more than 80 countries—giving you an accurate picture of global markets, on the same day the statistics are issued. WorldData also delivers up to 800 economic and market forecast series per country for up to 150 countries, pairing the Economist Intelligence Unit’s world-respected statistical information on international economies for the past 20 years with detailed forecasts for the next five years and longer-term projections for key economic series. Combined, all these data provide an unrivalled tool for monitoring, analysing and predicting any significant economic variable the world over. How WorldData will help you The powerful search functionality across source, keyword and category means that you can find the data you need quickly and efficiently. No new software needs to be installed and all the data can be viewed and downloaded through the web interface. You can access the data from any Internet connection either by logging in or across networks by IP- permission. This intuitive web interface allows you to: • Access all Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts in one place. • Get the latest economic data within hours of its release. • Combine long-term forecasts with the latest economic data in your analysis. • Manipulate data tables on the web by country, by series, by time-period and by source. • Save searches for future business planning. • Create and download charts and graphs by using simple point-and-click commands. • Download data in Excel ® and other formats available on a customised basis. Which general types of data series are included? Macroeconomic forecasts: Demographics and income Population, income per head, personal disposable income, wages. Gross domestic product GDP by expenditure (constant and nominal), structure of GDP, GDP by origin (agriculture, industry and services), GDP deflators, industrial production, productivity indicators, national savings. Fiscal and monetary indicators Budget expenditure and revenue, exchange rates, money supply, interest rates, inflation and wages, stockmarkets. Foreign payments Current account, financing, foreign direct investment, foreign reserves, capital flight. External debt stock Foreign-currency-denominated debt stock, short-term debt, medium- and long-term debt, debt by creditor, debt owed to BIS banks. External debt service Foreign debt service by maturity and creditor, principal repayments by maturity and creditor, interest payments by maturity and creditor, effective interest rate, effective maturity. External trade Total exports fob, total imports cif, trade flows to top export/import markets, composition of exports and imports, export/import prices and volumes, terms of trade. (See CountryData brochure for full listing of series) Latest economic data: Balance of payments Current account, capital account, financial account, imports of goods, exports of goods, imports of services, exports of services. WorldData Near-real-time economic data and forecasts in a simple web interface The world leader in global business analysis
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Heightened risk and uncertainty in world markets put apremium on up-to-the-minute, trustworthy data. Whether youare assessing risk across countries, need access to the latesteconomic releases or are planning investments acrossborders, WorldData provides convenient access to a widerange of timely economic data and consistent, rigorousforecasts all in one single database directly over the Internet.
WorldData is the essential tool for analysing countries andindustries. A global database of economic data and forecastson 150 countries, 45 regions and subregions and more than120,000 series, the service provides in-depth coverage acrossthe major economies and comprehensive coverage acrossemerging and pre-emerging markets. WorldData combineseconomic and industry forecasts with the latest economic dataupdated during the day in a powerful, easy-to-use webinterface, without the need for software installation.
Comprehensive global coverageWorldData combines economic and industry forecasts from theEconomist Intelligence Unit with official data as it’s releaseddirect from EcoWin. The service contains an average of more than1,000 series per country of the latest economic data—coveringmore than 80 countries—giving you an accurate picture of globalmarkets, on the same day the statistics are issued. WorldData alsodelivers up to 800 economic and market forecast series percountry for up to 150 countries, pairing the EconomistIntelligence Unit’s world-respected statistical information oninternational economies for the past 20 years with detailedforecasts for the next five years and longer-term projections forkey economic series. Combined, all these data provide anunrivalled tool for monitoring, analysing and predicting anysignificant economic variable the world over.
How WorldData will help youThe powerful search functionality across source, keyword andcategory means that you can find the data you need quicklyand efficiently. No new software needs to be installed and allthe data can be viewed and downloaded through the webinterface. You can access the data from any Internetconnection either by logging in or across networks by IP-permission. This intuitive web interface allows you to:
• Access all Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts in one place.• Get the latest economic data within hours of its release.• Combine long-term forecasts with the latest economic data in
your analysis.
• Manipulate data tables on the web by country, by series, bytime-period and by source.
• Save searches for future business planning.• Create and download charts and graphs by using simple
point-and-click commands.• Download data in Excel® and other formats available on a
customised basis.
Which general types of data series are included?Macroeconomic forecasts:
Demographics and incomePopulation, income per head, personal disposable income,w a g e s .
Gross domestic productGDP by expenditure (constant and nominal), structure of GDP,GDP by origin (agriculture, industry and services), GDP deflators,industrial production, productivity indicators, national savings.
Fiscal and monetary indicatorsBudget expenditure and revenue, exchange rates, moneysupply, interest rates, inflation and wages, stockmarkets.
Foreign paymentsCurrent account, financing, foreign direct investment, foreignreserves, capital flight.
External debt stockForeign-currency-denominated debt stock, short-term debt,medium- and long-term debt, debt by creditor, debt owed to BIS banks.
External debt serviceForeign debt service by maturity and creditor, principalrepayments by maturity and creditor, interest payments bymaturity and creditor, effective interest rate, effective maturity.
External tradeTotal exports fob, total imports cif, trade flows to topexport/import markets, composition of exports and imports,export/import prices and volumes, terms of trade. (See CountryData brochure for full listing of series)
Latest economic data:
Balance of paymentsCurrent account, capital account, financial account, imports ofgoods, exports of goods, imports of services, exports ofservices.
WorldDataNear-real-time economic data and forecasts in a simple web interface
The world leader in global business analysis
Business surveys
Purchasing managers index, business conditions index, businessoutlook, manufacturing output, non-manufacturing output, orderbooks, employment, prices, inventories.
Consumer surveys
Consumer confidence indicators, business expectations, housingaffordability index, price expectations, unemploymentexpectations, car/home buying plans.
Construction
Housing starts, housing completions, building permits, existinghome sales, construction spending.
Domestic finance
Money supply, assets, liabilities, consumer credit, federalgovernment budget, households’ balance sheet, borrowing andlending in credit market, corporate equities, mortgage applications,personal consumption, personal income.
Domestic trade
Domestic light truck sales, imported light truck sales, inventory tosales ratio, manufacturers’ inventories durables/non-durables,manufacturers’ shipments durables/non-durables, manufacturers’unfilled orders, new passenger car registrations, retail sales,wholesale sales, wholesale inventories.
Exchange rates
Exchange rate vs US$, exchange rate vs 7, nominal effectiveexchange rate, real effective exchange rate.
Foreign finance
Foreign exchange, gold, reserve position with IMF, holdings ofSDRs, total reserve assets.
Foreign trade
Trade balances, exports and imports by commodity and country.
Industrial production
Capacity utilisation rate, business inventories, capacity index,finished goods, gross value of products, industrial production.
Inflation/Prices
Consumer prices, producer prices, export prices, import prices,future inflation gauge.
Labour market
Average weekly hours worked, diffusion index of employmentchange, civilian employment, labour force, unemployment,unfilled vacancies, employees on non-farm payroll, employmentratio, help-wanted index, jobless claims, employment outlooksurvey, productivity output per hour.
Leading indicators
Leading index, composite index, lagging index, coincident index,contributions to coincident index, contributions to leading index,contributions to lagging index.
National accountsGross domestic product, exports of goods and services, imports ofgoods and services, government consumption, private consumption,change in inventories, implicit price level, government savings,personal income, corporate profits, disposable personal income.
New ordersNew orders, unfilled orders, manufacturers’ new orders,manufacturers’ unfilled orders.
WagesEmployment cost index, average hourly earnings, average weeklyearnings, hourly compensation, output per hour, unit labour cost.
Bond/Money marketsBond indices, swaps, futures, government bonds, governmentyields, Treasury bills, Treasury indices, FRAs, corporate indices.
Stockmarket indicesCBOE, Dow Jones, Financial Times, GSTI, ISDEX, Morgan Stanley,NASDAQ, NYSE, PHLX, Russell, S&P, Value Line Arithmetic,Wilshire 5000.
Daily financial indicatorsExchange rates vs US$, stockmarket indices, short-term interestrates, benchmark bond yields, commodity prices.
Industries and markets:
Market opportunitiesBusiness environment rating, market size and growth, consumer spending patterns, macroeconomic stability, foreign direct investment.
Demographics and incomePopulation, population by age categories, young- and old-agedependency ratio, birth and death rates, urbanisation, households,personal income, income distribution of households by income band.
AutomotivePassenger car sales and production, commercial vehicles (light andheavy) sales and production, bus registrations and production,petrol consumption.
Consumer goodsRetail sales (food and non-food), clothing and cosmetics,household goods, electronics and domestic appliances includingTV sets, personal computers, refrigerators, washing machines.
EnergyTotal energy consumption (tonnes of oil equivalent and kg perhead), consumption by major fuel group (coal, natural gas,petroleum, refined products), production by major fuel type (coal,natural gas, petroleum, refined products), imports by major fueltype (coal, natural gas, LNG, LPG, petroleum, refined products),electricity production and consumption, installed electricitycapacity, electricity transmission and distribution losses.
The world leader in global business analysis
Which countries are covered?
Macroeconomic forecastsfrom Economist Intelligence Unit
AmericasArgentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada,Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, DominicanRepublic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad &Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia and AustralasiaAustralia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, HongKong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia,Myanmar (Burma), New Zealand, Pakistan, PapuaNew Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, SouthKorea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Eastern EuropeAlbania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosniaand Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, CzechRepublic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary,Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania,Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Romania,Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia,Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan,Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Western EuropeAustria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland,Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands,Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,Turkey, United Kingdom
Middle East and AfricaAlgeria, Angola, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana,Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde,Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Côte d’Ivoire,Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, EquatorialGuinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Iran,Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon,Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius,Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman,Qatar, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, SaudiArabia, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa Nigeria, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria,Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda,United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regions45 geographical and geopolitical regionsincluding Eastern Europe, EU, Euro area, LatinAmerica, Middle East, North America, OECD,Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe, World
Latest economic datafrom EcoWin
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile,Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru,United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong,India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, NewZealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea,Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, CzechRepublic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia,Ukraine
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland,Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,United Kingdom
Bahrain, Egypt, Ghana, Israel, Jordan, Kenya,Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Nigeria, Qatar,Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tunisia, UnitedArab Emirates
Data are available on more than 35 regions andsubregions including EU, Euro area, Europe,North America, OECD, South America, WesternEurope, World
Industries and marketsfrom Economist Intelligence Unit
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia,Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, United States,V e n e z u e l a
Australia, China, Hong Kong, India,Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand,Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea,Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary,Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania, Russia,Slovakia, Ukraine
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands,Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,Turkey, United Kingdom
Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Nigeria, SaudiArabia, South Africa
Asia and Australasia, East-central Europe,Economies in Transition, G7, Latin America,Middle East and North Africa, Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe, World
Food, beverages and tobacco
Consumer expenditure on food, beverages and tobacco, calorieand protein intake, meat, fruit, vegetable and fishconsumption, confectionery, milk, coffee and tea consumption,alcoholic/soft drinks, cigarettes.
Financial services
Number of players by institution type, employees by institution type, bank branches, concentration of top ten banks by assets,current/time savings deposits, assets under management (pensionfunds, mutual funds, insurance premiums), total lending, lendingby type of borrower, residential mortgages, high-net-worthindividuals/bankable households, balance-sheet indicators,income statements, asset quality, profitability ratios, productivityi n d i c a t o r s .
Healthcare and pharmaceuticals
Life expectancy, infant mortality rate, doctors, hospital beds,healthcare spending, prescription-only medicine,pharmaceutical sales, medical equipment, mortality by maincauses.
Telecoms and IT
EIU e-business readiness rankings, telephone main lines, phonesets and faults, mobile subscribers, Internet users, personalcomputers, telecommunications investment, software sales,hardware sales.
Transport, travel and tourism
Total length of roads and paved roads, length of railwaynetwork, air transport freight, air transport passengers, EIUroad, rail and ports ratings, international touristarrivals/departures, expenditure and receipts.
Competitiveness (labour, skills and productivity)
Labour costs and wages, employment, unemployment, labourand capital productivity, education spending and enrolment,patent applications, R&D.
Politics, institutions and regulations
Overall business environment ranking, market opportunities,macroeconomic and political environment, infrastructure,policy towards private enterprise, labour market, tax regime,financing, foreign trade and exchange regime, policyenvironment for foreign investment.
Country credit risk
Political risk, economic policy risk, monetary policy risk, fiscalpolicy risk, exchange-rate policy risk, trade policy risk,regulatory policy risk, economic structure risk, globalenvironment risk, economic growth risk, current-account risk,debt structure risk, financial structure risk, liquidity risk.
Business operations riskSecurity risk, political risk, legal & regulatory risk, macroeconomicrisk, foreign trade & payments risk, financial risk, tax policy risk,labour market risk, infrastructure risk. (See Market Indicators & Forecasts brochure for full listing of series)
How often is WorldData updated?WorldData is updated continuously throughout the day with thelatest data releases from over 80 countries direct from primarysources. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s world-class forecastsare updated every week to incorporate the most recent economicand political events. The latest data, together with timelyforecasts, make WorldData one of the fastest and most reliablesources of economic data.
An innovative partnershipThe Economist Intelligence Unit has developed WorldData in co-operation with EcoWin, one of the fastest and most reliableproviders of extensive global economic data, and our long-standing technology partner, Alacra, to bring this uniquecombination of data to you in an easy-to-use web interface.Combining the Economist Intelligence Unit’s databases withEcoWin’s, WorldData merges our global forecasting expertisewith one of the leading providers of systems and data forfinancial and macroeconomic time-series analysis and assetallocation. Alacra builds sophisticated online tools andtechnology that help customers find, package, present andanalyse mission-critical global business information. Alacra’sexpertise in this area has produced an interface that makes iteasy to search and find the series you are looking for among thelarge volumes of data available in WorldData.
How to orderFor more information or to apply for a free trial, call or e-mailyour nearest Economist Intelligence Unit office. For a completelisting of all our office locations and representatives, pleasevisit www.eiu.com/service.
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