Economics

Provides economic research on emerging and developed markets by economists around the globe.

Comprehensive online historical database service provided by Thomson Financial that encompasses a broad range of financial entities and instruments with global geographical coverage. For example, Datastream includes daily prices, trading volumes, and return indices, updated at the end of every trading day, for over 100,000 equities in nearly 200 countries around the world.* Datastream also includes data on bonds, options and other derivatives, mutual funds (unit trusts), market indices, exchange rates, macroeconomic variables, and corporate financial data.**This resource is only accessible in Bobst Library. To use this resource, stop by the 5th floor Reference Center.

This section of this very useful resource contains a section on "Central Banks and Monetary Authorities." In all, EDIRC lists more than 12,000 sites.

Articles, news, analyst reports and financial filings for publicly held companies in 35 emerging countries in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.

Provides profiles for over 250 countries and territories. Profiles provide political and economic information as well as statistics and information on religion, media and press, and more.

Offers external debt and financial flow data for the 135 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System. The timeseries for 216 indicators run from 1970 to 2006, with contractual obligations data until 2015. The indicators include external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructurings, and scheduled debt service projections.

Provides international market intelligence, including economic statistics, on industries, countries, and consumers. Details are available on 80 countries. **NYU NetID and Password required**

A standard source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. It reports, for most countries of the world, current data needed in the analysis of problems of international payments and of inflation and deflation, i.e., data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts.

25 years of international stock market information from over 45 stock exchanges, industry sectors and 800 stock indices.

Detailed political risk rankings, economic indicators and forecasts for over 160 countries.

OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Includes 20 Book collections by theme, containing all OECD monographs and reports; 24 periodicals; a reference title; and the OECD statistical databases. Also includes IEA Statistics.

Every year over 130 countries provide the United Nations Statistics Division with their annual international trade statistics, detailed by commodity and partner country. These data are processed into a standard format with consistent coding and valuation. All values are converted into US dollars using exchange rates supplied by the countries, or derived from monthly market rates and volume of trade.

The World Bank e-library is one of the most comprehensive collections in the area of social and economic development.

WDI Online is the premiere data source on the global economy. It contains statistical data for over 800 development indicators and time series data from 1960-2007 for 227 economies. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Data selection screens are intuitive and easy to use. Results can be scaled, charted, and mapped.

Practical reference guide to the specific operating conditions, commercial laws and business regulations in 55 countries. It offers unbiased guidance on critical issues such as obtaining proper permits and registrations, protecting your intellectual property in the Internet age and complying with local tax laws-including e-commerce rules. Covers 55 countries.

Comprehensive guide to changes in financial services, operating conditions, tax laws and investment opportunities in the world's 45 principal financial markets. Topics covered in each report include cash management and short-term investment options; bank and non-bank credit; equity and debt financing; and markets for stocks, bonds, currencies and derivatives. Covers 50 countries. **Please note: The Country Finance product was discontinued in August 2012, at which time the annually-updated data it contained was incorporated into the Financial Services Report product. You still have access to an archive of past editions.**

Outline a country's economic and political status and background. Country Profiles put an annual perspective on the long-term political and social issues affecting each country, providing a complete introduction to all international markets. **Please note: The Country Profile product was discontinued in 2009, at which time the annually-updated data it contained was incorporated into the Country Report product. Please reference Country Profile for annual data published in between 1996-2009.**

Covers nearly 200 countries and help you keep pace with how national, regional and global events will affect your business in the short-to medium term. Each report examines and explains in depth the issues shaping the countries in which you operate: the political scene, economic policy, domestic economy, sectoral trends, and foreign trade and payments. Detailed two-year forecasts complement the analysis and pinpoint political and economic developments and trends.

Measure the political, economic policy, economic structure and liquidity risk of activities in 100 emerging markets over a two-year forecasting horizon. Each report provides crucial insight into the risk of investing in the currency, sovereign debt or banking sector of an emerging market. Covers 100 emerging markets.