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Economic Analytics Data Package

IHS Economic Analytics Data Packageconsists of the following historical data:

  1. Core Macroeconomic Data Package
  2. Core Financial Data Package
  3. IMF
  4. OECD
  5. DataInsight Web

Description of IHS Economic Analytics Data Package

1) Core Macroeconomic Data Package

The Core Macroeconomic Data package is comprised of the GLOBAL database, the addition of about 5,000 US series (these series have been specifically handpicked to match the coverage of the US Macro Service list of forecast variables). See table below for detailed concept coverage.

Main Category / Category Detail
Balance of Payments / Current, Capital, Financial Accounts, Credits/Debits/Balance
Government Finance / Revenue, Expenditure, Fiscal Balance, debt, short-term/long-term, interest payments, Central/General breakout
Housing and Construction / Starts, Permits, Prices etc, residential/non-residential
Households / Consumption/personal consumption expenditure, income, surveys
Industrial Production / Industry/Sector, Type, Region
Labor Market / Employed, Unemployed, Unemployment Rate, Labor Force, Wages, Compensation, Labor Cost, Job Openings, etc, levels/indices, by sex
Merchandise Trade / Exports, Imports, Balance, Price Index, Volume/Value, by Classification, etc
Money & Banking / Banking System Assets & Liabilities, Monetary Aggregates (Money Supply)
National Accounts / Expenditure approach (GDP, Consumption (private/government), Investment (fixed investment, by type and purpose, private, public, inventory change), exports/imports/net, real/nominal, etc), Income approach (National Income, Savings, Gross operating surplus, etc), Production (value added) approach, by activity, by sector, NIA implicit price deflators, employment
Physical Output and Capacity / Capacity Utilization, Total Capacity, Output, Industrial Sales/Turnover, Shipments, Inventories, Orders, ratios
Population / Births, Deaths, Marriages, population by age cohorts, by sex
Prices / CPI, PPI, WPI, Raw Materials, Input Prices, etc, by sector, activity, etc
Wholesale and Retail Trade / Retail sales/turnover, new car registrations
Sentiment & Surveys / Leading Indicators, Economic Sentiment Indicators, Business or Consumer confidence indicators or Surveys, Business Failures/Bankruptcies, etc

The Core Macroeconomic Data Package consists of the following databanks:

  • Global Macro Databank (GLOBAL) – IHS Global Insight's Premier Data Offering including widely-watched and used economic and financial indicators. New economic data concepts will be continually be added to this databank on a regular basis.
  • Global Macro Databank (GLOBAL_ARCH) – IHS Global Insight's Premier Data Offering including widely-watched and used economic and financial indicators – Archived.

2) Core Financial Data Package

The Core Financial Data Package has been designed for clients who need to incorporate financial market indicators into their macroeconomic analysis. Consideration has gone into providing customers, timely, high quality instruments (fixed income, equity indices, money market, and commodities) to assist them in their solutions.

The Core Financial Data Package consists of the following databanks:

  • Global Financial Instruments from trusted sources (FINANCIALBASE) - Detailed global financial instruments from leading data vendors
  • Top 125 Indices (STOCKINDICES) - Top 125 Stock Indices-Prices
  • IHS Global Insight's FX Offering (FXGII) - IHS Global Insight's FX Offering.
  • Discontinued: Global financial instruments from trusted sources (FINBASE_ARCH) -Detailed global financial instruments from leading data vendors (discontinued).
  • Discontinued: Top 125 Stock Indices (STOCKIND_ARCH) - Top 125 Stock Indices-Prices (discontinued).

3)IMF (IFS) - Economic and financial indicators from the International Monetary Fund. Includes data from International Financial Statistics.

4)OECD (MEI) - Economic and financial indicators from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Key economic and financial variables for OECD members from Main Economic Indicators.

5) DataInsight Web - is our advanced browser-based application for category and keyword search, providing high-performance retrieval, manipulation, and display of our integrated data and forecast content in a Web environment. DataInsight-Web requires no installation, administrative rights, or firewall changes.

Advanced Country Analysis and Forecasts (ADCAF)

"Advanced Country Analysis and Forecasts" provides comprehensive country analysis, 30 year economic forecasts with Same-Day Analysis of world events, plus continually updated country risk ratings.

The analysis is underpinned by the country risk model and focuses on:

  • Economic performance
  • Political stability
  • Legal environment
  • Tax regime
  • Operational framework
  • Security risks

-Periodic special reports provide more in-depth analysis of trends and specific topics on a country, regional, or global basis.

-Powerful archive search allows historicalanalysis of events relating to a specific marketor topic.

-Instant, customizable access to historical data and 30-year forecasts for up to 150 indicators

-Totally integrated with the associated market research tools (Country Reports, Risk Ratings databases) enabling:

  • Unique drill-down research capability
  • Instant updating of associated research databases

SAME-DAY ANALYSIS – of news, events, and trends in 204 countries by a team of economists and country analysts including customisable email alerts.

COUNTRY REPORTS – in-depth analysis of the business environment in 204 countries.

Country Reports are supported by a comprehensive and chartable database of macro-economic indicators including:

-Domestic and external economic data

-Demographic data

-30 year forecasts and historical data back to 1970

-Totally integrated with Same-Day Analysis and the Country Risk Ratings database, as well as relevant external links

-Unique drill-down research capability and instant updating of associated research databases

COUNTRY RISK RATINGS – analyse business risks for 204 countries using a proprietary FDI Risk Model.

-The Country Risk Rating model assesses the foreign direct investment (FDI) climate, based on six individual ratings in each country: political, economic, legal, tax, operational, and security.

-Risk ratings are re-evaluated daily whenever an event occurs that impacts the investment climate of a particular country.

-Risk rating e-mail alert instantly informs users whenever a country risk rating change is triggered and links back to the relevant analysis.

SOVEREIGN RISK RATINGS – Assess the solvency and liquidity of all 204 countries, as well as pertinent economic and political factors. They are unique in their breadth of coverage, the transparency of the scoring system, and the ready comparisons that can be made with the major rating agencies.

DATAINSIGHT- WEB – Instantly access all data and forecasts

-Drag and drop series selections and output directly into excel

-Store customized workbooks

GLOBAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – monthly overview of developments shaping the global economy

WORLD OVERIEW – quarterly publication provides excellent cross country comparisons for key economic indicators.

ACCESS TO ANALYSTS – we encourage interactivity between our clients and analysts.

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IHS Inc. 2011, revised April 2011