Economic Analytics provides detailed macroeconomic and financial indicators for more than 200 countries. It combines trusted local sources with a wide range of international sources such as the IMF, OECD, European Commission and World Bank to provide a truly all-compassing data service.
Economic Analytics comprises five main parts:
World Market Monitor - Valued-added historical data
World Market Monitor provides standardized historical time series on all major macroeconomic and financial concepts for over 200 countries.
- Harmonized concepts – Series selected for international consistency allowing cross-country comparison
- Long, spliced history for modelling (adding back history removed by the source)
- Underlying data are locally-sourced where appropriate to provide more timely standardized data than published by international institutions
- Pre-calculated commonly-used ratios and GDP shares
- Standardized mnemonics and attributes
Global Economic Data - local sources
Vast and timely locally sourced macroeconomic data for conducting in-depth country analysis.
- Detailed, timely macroeconomic data loaded in-house from over 800 sources worldwide covering more than 200 countries
- Sources include local statistics offices, central banks and finance ministries
- Data are updated within minutes of release
- Our country economists use our historical data in their forecasts ensuring the most appropriate series and sources are used
- All major macroeconomic concepts are covered including:
- Balance of payments
- Cyclical indicators and surveys
- External debt
- Financial markets
- Government finance
- Housing and construction
- Labor market
- Merchandise trade
- Money and banking
- National accounts and capacity
- Population
- Prices
- Wholesale and retail trade
Financial Indicators
Daily exchange rates, interest rates, stock indices and commodities.
- Exchange rates
- Fixed income government and corporate instruments and indices
- Money markets
- Equity indices
- Derivatives
- Commodities spot and futures prices: crops, foods, industrials and metals
Subnational Economic Data - Local sources
Detailed regional and city-level datasets from local sources
- United States: Detailed city, state, county and regional data
- India: Economic indicators by region and city
- China: Economic indicators by region and city
- Canada: Regional, provincial and metropolitan level economic indicators
International Data Sources
Full datasets from international data sources including:
- Bank for International Settlements BIS database
- European Commission: Annual Macro Economic Database (AMECO)
- Eurostat: More than 20 Eurostat databases
- IMF: Balance of Payments, Direction of Trade, Government Finance, World Economic Outlook, Fiscal Monitor, Financial Soundness etc.
- JODI: Joint Oil Data Initiative
- OECD: Quarterly National Accounts, Economic Outlook, Main Economic Indicators etc.
- United Nations: Population, National Accounts etc.
- World Bank: African Development Indicators, World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, Joint External Debt Hub etc.
Connect® Data Browser
Maximize your subscription content with S&P Global Connect – our online customer platform. Connect is a one-stop solution for data searching and discovery, charting, downloading and saving for future use.
- Rapid Data Retrieval
- Access data from multiple sources in a single search
- Filter and select data by concept, geography, source and frequency
- Presentation Tools: Build customizable, presentation-ready graphs
- Flexible Export: Export content to multiple formats (Excel, PDF, PowerPoint)
- Automated Content Refreshes:
- Save frequently used searches and datasets
- Create refreshable Excel files
REST API
Our API delivers data continuously and reliably directly into your workflow.
- Representational State Transfer Application Programming (REST) API makes data available via URL addresses (or ‘endpoints’)
- Provides a foundation on which to build databases, charts, websites, visualizations and CSV files, plus facilities to query and lookup specific data
- Offers the simplest approach to application integration:
- Access to the API is instantaneous
- Provides an interactive web environment for developers to explore API features and review technical documentation
- Developers can test the API calls interactively in a browser
- 24/7 monitoring and support is provided
- Scales horizontally for both datasets and clients, ensuring it can meet present and future demand
- Built for consistent speed, with carefully selected technologies to ensure the best possible performance
IDDS
IDDS offers tailored data feeds featuring continuous updating and seamless delivery.
- Internet Data Delivery System (IDDS) delivers fixed data updates in CSV or XML format to the S&P Global web servers in real time
- Metadata includes economic concept, geography, source and frequency
- Updates pull in data changes only, optimizing load speed
- Data updates can be scheduled
EViews (additional service)
Best-in-class software for conducting econometric and statistical analysis.
We offer detailed add-on datasets for clients with additional requirements.
Extended country datasets
Vast, unformatted country datasets in the language of origin.
Note: Key series from these datasets are translated and available in the standard service.
- France
- National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) macro data
- Direction Générale de Douanes external trade data
- Banque de France financial data
- Over 125,000 series; French labels
- Germany
- Bundesbank macro data
- German Statistical Office macro data
- Institute for Economic Research business and consumer surveys
- Over 9.7 million series; German labels
- United Kingdom
- Bank of England macro data
- Office of National Statistics (ONS) database
- CBI Quarterly Industrial Trends Survey
- Over 84,000 series; English labels
Eurostat regional dataset
- Subnational macro and demographic data from Eurostat
- Covers European Union Members, Serbia, Montenegro, Turkey, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Norway and Liechtenstein
- Data for cities and regions based on NUTS1, NUTS2 and NUTS3 classifications
- Over 48,000 series; English labels
CEIC China and Asia datasets
CEIC provide very detailed regional datasets for China and Asia.
- China
- Detailed national, province and city-level data
- Macro, demographic and industry indicators
- Over 350,000 series
- Asia
- Data for 22 geographies, including some regional and city-level data
- Macro, demographic and industry indicators
- Over 700,000 series
Economic Forecast Monitor- Add macroeconomic forecasts to your historical data service
- 30-year annual forecasts for 206 countries
- 3-year quarterly and monthly forecasts for 100+ countries
- Also includes historical data featuring same day updates and high-frequency data
- Shared mnemonics and taxonomy across forecasts and historical indicators
- Detailed coverage across countries, including:
- National accounts
- Industrial production and retail sales
- Personal income and wages
- Demographics, employment and productivity
- Financial indicators
- Prices
- Money supply and credit
- Public sector finances
- Balance of payments and external trade
- External debt
As Reported Data- Assess the impact of data releases and improve financial market models
- Unrevised economic indicators as reported at release
- Presented in daily frequency with data entered on original day of release
- G7 countries, Eurozone, China and Russia
- As Reported data series:
- Real GDP
- Industrial Production Index
- Consumer Price Index
- Producer Price Index
- Employment
- Unemployment
- Purchasing Managers' Index
- Daily reference series: Stock market index, exchange rate (LCU/US$), policy rate, crude oil price
- More detailed coverage for the United States (300+ series, 20-year history)
Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)- Timely, accurate and market-moving monthly economic indicators
- Released in advance of comparable official economic data
- 40+ countries
- 4000+ PMI indices
- 86% of global GDP covered by PMI surveys
- 26,000+ companies surveyed every month
- Headline PMI: Provides a snapshot of the health of the economy
- Sub-indices: Key economic drivers such as inflation, exports, employment and inventories
- Covers manufacturing, services, construction and retail sectors
