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Databases: Economic Indicator Series

These databases are made available to you by Jackson Library for academic use only.  They are accessible via GSB (or Stanford) Computers. 

GSB users can access web-based databases remotely through WebApps.
All Stanford users have off-campus access to databases that are on Stanford Network through the university's proxy server.

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Database Access Restrictions

WDI Online

World Development Indicators issued by the World Bank. Provides direct access to more than 700 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2006, where data are available.

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Global Development Finance (GDF)  

A wealth of historical as well as current data on the debt and financial flows for 138 countries. Issued by the World Bank.

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Datastream

Long runs of easy-to-download data on stocks, bonds, commodities, and economic indicators. Current Stanford students, faculty, staff only.

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Global Financial Data

Provides long term and current world economic data on over 150 countries. Includes comprehensive analysis tools that provide the ability to graph and analyze the data.
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Business Monitor Online 

Covering up to 175 markets worldwide, provides intra-daily alerts and new stories, country risk ratings, macroeconomics analyses and forecasts, financial analyses of debt, equity and forex developments; market research and forecast reports covering 11 industries, and a database of 50,000 multinational company subsidiaries networked  across global markets.

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Global Insight (Formerly: DRI)

Offers detailed macroeconomic time series data for the U.S. on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.  1945 - present.

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EIU CountryData

An analytical database of worldwide economic indicators and forecasts which covers 115 countries and gives access to 271 economic series and more than 750,000 individual data points. 

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International Financial Statistics

Historical financial and economic data for IMF member countries.

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Federal Reserve Bank Reports

Comprises 3 databases:

• Foreign Exchange Rates (Federal Reserve Board's H.10 Report)- rates for over 30 world currencies.
• Interest Rates (Federal Reserve Board's H.15 Report)- selected interest rates for U.S. treasuries, private money market, and capital market instruments.
• FRB Philadelphia State Indexes- a set of coincident indexes for the 50 states.

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