Economics

The Outlook is a twice-yearly analysis of the major economic trends and prospects for the next two years.

An excellent resource for country analysis, industry information, historical data retrieval and special reports.
Not all information is freely available.

"The most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates." Indicators are grouped by: world view, people, environment, economy, states and markets, and global links.

This is an excellent site for global economic data. Includes economic news, country data, indicators, markets and forecasts.

Access global statistics, and reports on: population and migration, economic trends, economic globalization, prices, energy, labour, science and technology, environment, education, public finance, quality of life and inequality. U of C students staff and faculty may access the OECD iLibrary for additional economic data, forecasts, and country information. Also see the OECD country statistical profiles.

A portal that provides access to a wealth of information on global business activities. Includes extensive data at the global and country levels as well as information on major global industry groups.
Go to "Insight Research by Country" to access a country report that includes a section on government.

See the "Reports" section for detailed reports on global issues including global competitiveness reports, global risks reports, industry reports and more.

Assesses the competitive landscape of 140 economies.

-- evaluation and ranking of the world’s most competitive economies
-- also available in print in the Business Library (HF1 .W67)

Download, graph, and track 390,000 US and international time series from 79 sources.

Economic indicators, monthly national and international economic trends, and data tools.

This site is a portal providing links to many sources of statistics from all over the world. Use the left-hand navigation area to access economic statistics, demographic and social statistics, environment and energy statistics, geographic information, and more. See also the UN Statistical Yearbook

Find detailed U.S. National Economic Accounts, foreign trade, industry economic accounts and more.

Regular updates of economic performance and forecasts. Provincial data on economic indicators, housing, employment, industry etc.

The index is designed by the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto. It is a "measure for advanced economic growth and sustainable prosperity based on the 3Ts of economic development — talent, technology, and tolerance. It rates and ranks 139 nations worldwide on each of these dimensions and on our overall measure of creativity and prosperity."

Published monthly by Pricewaterhouse Cooper UK., includes trends and issues that are affecting the global economy and details the latest economic projections.

This website contains annual series of trade by polity from 1800 to 1938 which sum as series for continent and world.