IHS Global Insight – Options for Universities
Economic Analytics Data Package
IHS Economic Analytics Data Package consists of the following historical data:
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Core Macroeconomic Data Package
Core Financial Data Package
IMF
OECD
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
Balance of Payments
Government Finance
Housing and Construction
Households
Industrial Production
Labor Market
Merchandise Trade
Money & Banking
National Accounts
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Category Detail
Current, Capital, Financial Accounts, Credits/Debits/Balance
Revenue, Expenditure, Fiscal Balance, debt, short-term/long-term,
interest payments, Central/General breakout
Starts, Permits, Prices etc, residential/non-residential
Consumption/personal consumption expenditure, income,
surveys
Industry/Sector, Type, Region
Employed, Unemployed, Unemployment Rate, Labor Force,
Wages, Compensation, Labor Cost, Job Openings, etc,
levels/indices, by sex
Exports, Imports, Balance, Price Index, Volume/Value, by
Classification, etc
Banking System Assets & Liabilities, Monetary Aggregates (Money
Supply)
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
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Physical Output and Capacity
Population
Prices
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Sentiment & Surveys
Capacity Utilization, Total Capacity, Output, Industrial
Sales/Turnover, Shipments, Inventories, Orders, ratios
Births, Deaths, Marriages, population by age cohorts, by sex
CPI, PPI, WPI, Raw Materials, Input Prices, etc, by sector, activity,
etc
Retail sales/turnover, new car registrations
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:
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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.
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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:
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Global Financial Instruments from trusted sources (FINANCIALBASE) - Detailed global
financial instruments from leading data vendors
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Top 125 Indices (STOCKINDICES) - Top 125 Stock Indices-Prices
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IHS Global Insight's FX Offering (FXGII) - IHS Global Insight's FX Offering.
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Discontinued: Global financial instruments from trusted sources (FINBASE_ARCH) Detailed global financial instruments from leading data vendors (discontinued).
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Discontinued: Top 125 Stock Indices (STOCKIND_ARCH) - Top 125 Stock Indices-Prices
(discontinued).
IMF (IFS) - Economic and financial indicators from the International Monetary Fund.
Includes data from International Financial Statistics.
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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 historical analysis of events relating to a specific market
or 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
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COUNTRY RISK RATINGS – analyse business risks for 204 countries using a proprietary FDI Risk
Model.
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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
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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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