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Economic and Statistical Resources

Africa Development Indicators Contains over 1,000 indicators and time series from 1965 for 53 countries. Data include social, economic, financial, natural resources, infrastructure, governance, partnership, and environmental indicators. Results can be scaled, mapped, and charted.

Bloomberg This link opens in a new window Bloomberg is a terminal-bound financial services platform with advanced analytical and data functions. To learn more about how to find and use NYU's Bloomberg terminals, please consult our Bloomberg guide. The Bloomberg terminal includes full text access to Bloomberg.com via the BBG command.
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Must be accessed on-site at NYU's Bobst (Greenwich Village), Brause (Midtown), Dibner (Downtown Brooklyn), Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi Libraries.
C2ER Regional Economic Data Toolkit This link opens in a new window Includes 4 searchable and downloadable US-focused datasets: cost of living index, state incentives, state expenditures, and economic diversity index. These resources are designed to help researchers better understand economic development progress and policies. The cost of living index search tool allows users to compare the cost of living across 300+ US metro areas, and includes Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. C2ER's data and methodology are reviewed by an advisory board composed of academic researchers and government officials.
CEIC Data This link opens in a new window CEIC Data provides economic research on emerging and developed markets by economists around the globe. Users can navigate the data portal to create "insights," or data extracts on indicators associated with trade and economy.
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Users are advised to register for an account with CEIC before creating data extracts. NYU users who navigate from the library page may access the resource by clicking "Guest login" on the resource homepage.
Complete World Development Report Online This link opens in a new window Complete World Development Report Online contains every World Development Report published by the World Bank since the first report was released in 1978.
Data-Planet Statistical Datasets This link opens in a new window Data-Planet Statistical Datasets aggregates datasets sourced from reputable public and private organizations, such as OECD, China Data Online, the United Nations, and the U.S. Census. It covers topics across many subject areas, including education, population and income, industry, commerce, trade, housing and construction. Users can create custom extracts and download files in delimited, SAS, or shapefile formats.
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Data.Census.Gov This link opens in a new window Data.Census.Gov, the interface that replaces American FactFinder, is the portal to US Census data and includes data from the American Community Survey, Population Estimates, Economic Census, and Annual Economic Surveys. Users can generate simple visualizations, extract reports, and explore census data by theme or topic.
Datastream This link opens in a new window This resource provides a comprehensive historical database service by LSEG that encompasses daily prices, trading volumes, and return indices, updated at the end of every trading day, for equities in countries around the world, data on bonds, options and other derivatives, mutual funds (unit trusts), market indices, exchange rates, macroeconomic variables, and corporate financial data.
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Doing Business This link opens in a new window Doing Business is a World Bank resource that provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across economies and selected international cities at the subnational and regional level.
EconLit This link opens in a new window EconLit is published by the American Economic Association and indexes and abstracts a wide range of economics-related literature. An expanded version of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) indexes of journals, books, and dissertations, EconLit covers both economic theory and application. Coverage dates: 1969 to present.
EIU Viewpoint This link opens in a new window Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) country analysis and forecasts covers over 200 countries and highlight political, economic and business developments in all significant markets, both established and emerging. Includes access to the "CountryData" and "Market Indicators and Forecasts" modules.
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EIU Access China This link opens in a new window Provides researchers with economic statistics, analysis, and forecasts for China's 31 provinces and 292 largest cities. Includes access to the Access China data tool, which facilitates access to the underlying data and output to Excel.
Click "Data" in the top nav to get to the Access China data tool.
EIU Country Commerce Global This link opens in a new window EIU Country Commerce Global is a historical guide to operating conditions, commercial laws and business regulations in 55 countries, with coverage ending in 2021. It offers unbiased guidance on 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.
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EIU Country Finance This link opens in a new window EIU Country Finance is a 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. We still have access to an archive of past editions.
EIU Country Forecast Regional Overview Europe This link opens in a new window EIU Country Forecast Regional Overview Europe focuses on the key issues affecting a country's political and economic outlook and its business environment over the next five years. Each report gives you access to a comprehensive, coherent and integrated set of political, economic and business forecasts, continuously updated and written from the point of view of foreign investors. Covers 60 countries.
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EIU Country Profile This link opens in a new window EIU Country Profile outlines a country's economic, 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.
EIU Country Report This link opens in a new window 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.
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EIU Country Risk Service This link opens in a new window EIU Country Risk Service measures 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.
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Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) This link opens in a new window Emerging Markets Information Service contains articles, news, financial filings for publicly held companies, and analyst reports in emerging countries in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.
Requires NetID and password.
Europa World Yearbook This link opens in a new window Europa World Yearbook provides profiles for over 250 countries and territories. Profiles include political and economic information as well as statistics and information on religion, media and press.
Eurostat This link opens in a new window Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, provides statistics at the European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions. Users can bulk download tables and access full metadata and documentation for data that measures indicators across a range of socio-demographic and economic indicators.
FitchConnect This link opens in a new window Formerly known as BMI Research, FitchConnect contains proprietary data, analysis, ratings, rankings and forecasts covering many countries and industries. Their research features country risk, financial markets analysis, and industry research.
Select "1-Click sign in with New York University" to access the database. Access is limited to on campus only or via the NYU VPN.
Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new window Search across a range of encyclopedias, dictionaries and more.
Global Financial Data This link opens in a new window Global Financial Data specializes in historical financial data that extends from the 1200s to present. Data includes forecasting models for developed and emerging markets, total returns, U.S. stocks, fixed income, equity and economic data.
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Global Financial Development This link opens in a new window Global Financial Development offers external debt and financial flow data for the countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System. 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.
Global Financial Development This link opens in a new window Global Financial Development offers external debt and financial flow data for the countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System. 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.
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window Historical Statistics of the United State is a source for downloadable quantitative data that pertains to America's past. Topics of data range from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America. Users can access reports, essays, and extract data into Excel tables.
IMF Data This link opens in a new window IMF Data provides access to International financial statistics (IFS), Balance of Payments statistics (BOPS), Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS), and Government Finance Statistics (GFS) database
Please sign up for an invididual log-in to download datasets and access certain features.
IndiaStat This link opens in a new window IndiaStat provides access to statistics on health, higher education, agricultural and industrial production information, economic statistics, and tourism related data in India. The database also contains information bank and financial institutions, companies, co-operatives, crime and law, population, foreign trade, labour and workforce, housing, media, power, transport, urban-rural settlements, and economy.
To access this resource, click on Log-in, and then click IP address to authenticate. Access is limited to one user at a time.
Islamic Finance Information Service This link opens in a new window Islamic Finance Information Service is an electronic information service, maintained by Internet Securities, Inc., designed to meet the requirements of Sharia compliant financial industry participants.
Requires Individual Login (please register with your valid NYU email address)
Mergent Bond Viewer This link opens in a new window Mergent Bond Viewer provides access to bond data, including both issuer and bond level terms and condition data, US taxable bonds, municipal bonds and retail notes.

The New Palgrave dictionary of Economics online The online edition of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics contains the full text of the 8 volume print edition with continual updates.
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edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume

OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window OECD iLibrary is the online portal for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The iLibrary includes book collections, policy reports, statistical abstracts, and the OECD.Stat tool, with which users can create custom extracts from the OECD data warehouse.
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Oxford Economics This link opens in a new window Oxford Economics offers tools to help with quantitative analysis and rigorous economic forecasting. Using an evidence-based approach to economic analysis to help with investment, policy and market decisions. Click on the subscriptions tab to access NYU content. NYU does not have access to Economic Models, Global Industry Models, City and Regions, or UK Economics.
NYU does not have access to Economic Models, Global Industry Models, City and Regions, or UK Economics.
Passport This link opens in a new window Euromonitor Passport (formerly GMID) provides international market intelligence, including economic statistics, on industries, countries, and consumers.
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Requires Net ID and password.
PolicyMap This link opens in a new window PolicyMap is a web mapping platform that contains data on demographics, real estate, city crime rates, health, schools, housing affordability, employment, energy, and public investments. Users can create online, interactive maps that can be shared and can upload their own point data to be juxtaposed with the data PolicyMap contains.
Political Risk Yearbook and CountryData This link opens in a new window Political Risk Yearbook provides political risk reports for the current year for many countries. CountryData allows users to generate exportable tables with political risk rankings and economic indicators for current and historical years, as well as current forecasts, for various countries.
Country Data is available on campus only. Use NYU VPN for off-campus access.
SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window SimplyAnalytics is a web-based mapping, analytics and data visualization program providing data variables. Users have access to demographics, marketing data, consumer behavior (purchasing and product usage data), market segments, health, and business points for States, Congressional Districts, Counties, Cities/Places, ZIP Codes, Census Tracts and Block Groups. Users can also export data, maps, reports and shapefiles for use outside of SimplyAnalytics. Now includes Nielsen Scarborough Data Module.
Users are not required to log-in with a user name and password; however, in order to save your work, it is recommended that you create your own user account. SimplyMap user accounts are still functional in the SimplyAnalytics interface.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window Social Explorer contains access to U.S. Census data dating back to 1790. Users can create maps and embed them as objects or download static images.
To access Social Explorer, create a user account after signing in to NYU's SSO. If you have questions about authenticating your NYU Social Explorer account from off-campus, please contact Data Services.
Statista This link opens in a new window Statista aggregates data on markets, industry, politics, economics, and population. Users can export datasets in a variety of formats. Sources include trade publications, market and opinion research institutions, government sources, business and economic databases, reference publications, media sources, and scholarly articles. Include Statista's "Global Consumer Survey", which helps marketers understand consumer behavior and brand interaction.
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Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window Statistical Insight provides indexing and abstracts for federal, state, and international statistical publications as well as selected business and professional publications containing statistics. Approximately 20% of the federal statistical publications are available in full text. This resource includes all content from the American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), and Index to International Statistics (IIS), including Statistical Datasets. Dates of coverage: 1973 to present.
UN Comtrade: United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics This link opens in a new window UN comtrade: United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics contains the annual international trade statistics, detailed by commodity and partner country.
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UNdata This link opens in a new window UNdata is the data download portal of the United Nations. Users can search by country, year, and indicator and create custom data extracts to download. UNData also includes an API that developers can use to query, display results externally, and download to local storage for further analysis. The data portal includes datasets from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), World Health Organization (WHO), and more.
UN iLibrary This link opens in a new window The United Nations iLibrary provides access to publications, journals, data, and series published by the United Nations Secretariat, and its funds and programs. The database offers features such as integrated search results, granular content, a citation tool, DOI identification, and multilingual content.
World Bank eLibrary This link opens in a new window The World Bank e-library is one of the most comprehensive collections in the area of social and economic development. Users can access and download the full text of books as PDFs
World DataBank This link opens in a new window World DataBank is a portal to access each of the World Bank datasets, including its World Development Indicators, Global Financial Database, Poverty and Equity Database, Gender Statistics, and more. Users can create custom extracts and export data into various tabular formats.

World Development Indicators 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.

WRDS: Wharton Research Data Services This link opens in a new window WRDS is a data platform that specializes in historical financial information for banks, government bonds, stock exchanges, and major companies. It is intended solely for academic research and teaching purposes. Popular datasets include Compustat, CRSP, TAQ, and IBES. First time users should consult our WRDS guide for help.
Account or on-site "Day Pass" required for access. WRDS access is restricted to currently enrolled/employed members of NYU. No exceptions.

Journal/Newspaper Articles

ABI/INFORM This link opens in a new window ABI/INFORM features full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business, and economics periodicals. Researchers can locate country- and industry-focused reports, and its international focus provides a picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Access World News This link opens in a new window Access World News provides the html full text and, for some titles, the pdf "as printed" visual representation, of articles from a variety of national and international news sources, including newspapers, digital-native news websites, television and radio transcripts, blogs, college and university newspapers, journals, magazines, and some audio and video. Most international titles are English language. Dates of coverage vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
Alternative Press Index This link opens in a new window Alternative Press Index (API) is a database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Coverage dates begin in 1991, for earlier content use the Alternative Press Index Archive database.

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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window Business Source Complete is a full text database of articles from popular, scholarly, and trade publications. Subjects covered include management, economics, finance, accounting, international business. Dates of coverage: 1886 to present.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new window Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a source for theory and research in international affairs. It includes scholarship, working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, case studies for teaching, and policy briefs.
EconLit This link opens in a new window EconLit is published by the American Economic Association and indexes and abstracts a wide range of economics-related literature. An expanded version of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) indexes of journals, books, and dissertations, EconLit covers both economic theory and application. Coverage dates: 1969 to present.
Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) This link opens in a new window Emerging Markets Information Service contains articles, news, financial filings for publicly held companies, and analyst reports in emerging countries in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.
Requires NetID and password.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, multi-lingual (English, Spanish, French, German, and more) database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority, and native presses. Full-text content ranges from the 1940s to present day.
Factiva This link opens in a new window Factiva is a resource for U.S. and international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions), news transcripts, trade journals, newsletters, industry snapshots, and market data charts for recent stock prices. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
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Requires NetID login from on or off campus.
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window Global Newsstream contains the html full text of hundreds of U.S. and international news sources. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but generally span the most recent five to ten years.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR provides access to scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. In addition to journal articles, users can access book chapters, ebooks, and primary source documents.
New York Times, 1980-present (via ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Full-text coverage of the New York Times, 1980 to present.
The New York Times with Index (1851—2015) This link opens in a new window The New York Times with Index database provides access to the full text, "as printed" edition of The New York Times, including images and advertisements. Coverage begins with the first edition published in 1851 and extends to three years from the present day (due to a rolling embargo).
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe) provides access to full-text newspapers (U.S. and some international), news wires, transcripts, and trade journals.
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OmniFile Full Text Mega This link opens in a new window OmniFile Full Text Mega is a Multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six collections: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Dates of coverage: 1982 to present.
PAIS International This link opens in a new window PAIS International contains journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies for public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window ProQuest Central is a large, multidisciplinary database with over 11,000 titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text. It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively in this product including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more.
Russian Central Newspapers This link opens in a new window Russian Central Newspapers contains the most important Russian newspapers currently being being published in Moscow. Searching can be done across newspapers.
Search in Cyrillic or in Library of Congress English transliteration.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) This link opens in a new window
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is composed of a number of specialized research networks in the social sciences. Topics covered by networks include accounting, economics, financial economics, legal scholarship, and management (including negotiation and marketing). The SSRN eLibrary consists of abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an electronic paper collection of downloadable full text documents in pdf format.
In order to subscribe to the NYU network one must create an account with their NYU email address. Please note that when accessing through off-site connection you may encounter a login screen which indicates you can 'login anonymously.' If you reach this choose to login anonymously and you will be granted access.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science Core) This link opens in a new window Indexes journal literature in the social sciences. Dates of coverage: 1900 to present.

Wall Street Journal (ProQuest) Provides full-text access to the Wall Street Journal. Dates of coverage: 1984 to present. NOTE: This is a text only database; does not provide PDF images of the newspaper.

The Wire China This link opens in a new window The Wire is a digital news magazine dedicated to understanding and explaining one of the biggest stories of our time: China's economic rise, and its influence on global business, finance, trade, labor and the environment.
WorldCat - FirstSearch (OCLC) This link opens in a new window Search for books and more in libraries in the U.S. and around the world. Indicates when NYU Libraries holds a copy of a book and shows you nearby libraries with holdings.